Goose·ber·ry n.; pl. Gooseberries
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.
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 1st Fool.
Gooseberry worm Zool., the larva of a small moth (Dakruma convolutella). It destroys the gooseberry by eating the interior.
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Gros·su·lin n. Chem. A vegetable jelly, resembling pectin, found in gooseberries (Ribes Grossularia) and other fruits.
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Ribes grossularia
n : spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers
and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries [syn: gooseberry,
gooseberry bush, Ribes uva-crispa]