English Explanatory Dictionary

gooseberry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fruit of species Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.
  2. Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum (American gooseberry).
  3. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
  4. Chinese gooseberry or kiwifruit, the edible berry of a cultivar group of the woody vine Actinidia deliciosa and hybrids between this and other species in the genus Actinidia
  5. Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica), emblic, amla.
  6. Ceylon gooseberry, a species of Dovyalis native to Sri Lanka and southern India
  7. Barbados gooseberry (Pereskia aculeata), an unusual cactus
  8. Long Key locustberry or shiny locustberry (Byrsonima lucida)
  9. Jamaican gooseberry tree (Phyllanthus acuminatus), a herb-like plant
  10. star gooseberry
  11. Otaheite gooseberry (Phyllanthus acidus)
  12. Katuk (Sauropus androgynus), a shrub grown in some tropical regions as a leaf vegetable

Pronunciation

/ˈɡusˌbɛɹi/ /ˈɡʊzb(ə)ɹi/ /ˈɡuːsb(ə)ɹi/ en-us-gooseberry.ogg en-au-gooseberry.ogg

Word forms

gooseberry gooseberries

Etymology

From goose + berry. It is possible that the first element was originally something related to the gros- of French groseille and/or the kruis- of Dutch kruisbes but has been altered by folk etymology.

Synonyms

goosegog third wheel fifth wheel alcatote asshat arsehole asshole bayard berk birdbrain blither bobchin bonehead bozo buffoon brickhead Charlie chucklehead chowderhead chump clart clown der-brain dill pickle dim bulb dimwit dingleberry dipshit dipstick dirtbrain div divvo divvy dolt donk doodle doofus dope dork dote dotterel dullard dumbass dumbbell dumbo dumb fuck dummy dunce dunderhead dupe fathead fenderhead fiddle fuckwit fuzznut geck gig gink goober gooseberry

Derived words

Cape gooseberry Chinese gooseberry Coromandel gooseberry do gooseberry gooseberry dieback gooseberry eye gooseberry-eyed gooseberry garnet gooseberry gourd gooseberry-grinder gooseberrying gooseberryish gooseberry lay gooseberrylike gooseberry mildew gooseberry-picker gooseberry pudding gooseberry rust gooseberry season gooseberry tart gooseberry tree gooseberry wig green as a gooseberry Missouri gooseberry Old Gooseberry pick gooseberry play gooseberry sea gooseberry sea-gooseberry spreading gooseberry

Translations

Abenaki: kôwakwimen Afrikaans: appelliefie Southern Altai: тожло Arabic: عِنَب الثَعْلَب Armenian: փշահաղարջ Assamese: আমলখি Azerbaijani: motmotu Basque: arakatz Belarusian: агрэст Bulgarian: цариградско грозде Catalan: agrassó Catalan: grosella Chinese Mandarin: 醋栗 Cornish: growsen Cree: ᓵᐳᒥᐣ Czech: angrešt Danish: stikkelsbær Dutch: kruisbes Dutch: klapbes Dutch: stekerbees Esperanto: groso Estonian: karusmari Estonian: tikker Faroese: stikkulsber Finnish: karviaismarja Finnish: karviainen French: groseille à maquereau Galician: grosella Georgian: ხურტკმელი German: Stachelbeere Greek: φραγκοστάφυλο Hungarian: egres Hungarian: piszke Hungarian: köszméte Icelandic: stikilsber Icelandic: garðaber Ido: grozelo Irish: spíonán Italian: uva spina Japanese: グーズベリー Kazakh: қарлыған Kazakh: тұшала Korean: 까치밥 나무 Kyrgyz: тикен жемиш Latgalian: agrysta Latvian: ērkšķoga Latvian: krizdole Latvian: stiķene Lithuanian: agrastas Luxembourgish: Déck Kréischel Luxembourgish: Gréng Kréischel Macedonian: огрозд
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