Crossword clues for gooseberries
gooseberries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gooseberry \Goose"ber*ry\, n.; pl. Gooseberries, [Corrupted for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F. groseille, -- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere, kr["a]uselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie (as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie, fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusb["a]r (fr. krus, krusing, crisp). The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. curl. Cf. Grossular, a.]
(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.
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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 1st Fool.
Gooseberry worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a small moth ( Dakruma convolutella). It destroys the gooseberry by eating the interior.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of gooseberry English)
Usage examples of "gooseberries".
So, too, are the red and black gooseberries, service-berry, choke-cherry, and the black, yellow, red, and purple currants, which last seems to be a favorite food of the bear.
The gooseberries behind the makeshift fences were unripe: Mahlke began to pick with both hands.
He was still gobbling unripe gooseberries, compelling me, like his aunt, to worry about his physical well-being: "You're going to upset your stomach.
In the vicinity of the camp, they found gooseberries, strawberries, and currants in great abundance.
Once cool, puree the gooseberries by pressing them through a sieve (or in a food blender).