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Goose"berry
(), n.; pl. Gooseberries (), [Corrupted for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F. groseille, -- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere, kruselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie (as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie, fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusbr (fr. krus, krusing, crisp). The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. curl. Cf. Grossular, a.]
1. (Bot.) Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the edible berries of such shrub. There are several species, of which Ribes Grossularia is the one commonly cultivated.
2. A silly person; a goose cap. Goldsmith.
Barbadoes gooseberry, a climbing prickly shrub (Pereskia aculeata) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries resembling gooseberries.
Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola.
Gooseberry fool. See lst Fool.
Gooseberry worm (Zol.), the larva of a small moth (Dakruma convolutella). It destroys the gooseberry by eating the interior.
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