gooseberries

Meaning

plural of gooseberry

gooseberry

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. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
5. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
6. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
7. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
8. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
9. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
10. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
11. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
12. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
13. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
14. (British, dated, slang) A chaperone.
15. (British) An additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation.
16. (British, dated, slang) A fool.
17. (British, dated, slang) A fantastic story; a tall tale; a hoax.
18. (British, dated, plural-normally, slang, vulgar) A testicle.

Read more

Synonyms

gooseberry

prickly currants

Translations

groseille à maquereau

Stachelbeere

uva spina

Ribes lacustre

كشمش شائك

Ribes inerme

groselha

grosella

Uva crespa

الكشمش

Uva espina

Stachelbeeren

groseille verte

possibly other Ribes spp.