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  1. gooseberry
  2. gooseberry gourd
  3. gooseberry mildew
  4. gooseberry rust
  5. gooseberry tree
  6. American gooseberry
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  8. Barbados gooseberry
  9. canyon gooseberry
  10. Cape gooseberry
  11. Ceylon gooseberry
  12. Chinese gooseberry
  13. Coromandel gooseberry
  14. English gooseberry
  15. European gooseberry
  16. Illinois gooseberry
  17. Indian gooseberry
  18. Missouri gooseberry
  19. Old Gooseberry
  20. Otaheite gooseberry
  21. pasture gooseberry
  22. prickly gooseberry
  23. sea gooseberry
  24. slender gooseberry
  25. swamp gooseberry
  26. wild gooseberry

goose·ber·ry

noun \ˈgüs-ˌber-ē, ˈgüz-, -b(ə-)rē, chiefly British ˈgu̇z-\

Definition of GOOSEBERRY

1
a : the acid usually prickly fruit of any of several shrubs (genus Ribes, especially R. hirtellum of the United States and R. uva-crispa of Europe) grouped especially formerly in the saxifrage family but now often placed in a separate family (Grossulariaceae, the gooseberry family)
b : a shrub bearing gooseberries
2
: currant 2
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First Known Use of GOOSEBERRY

1573

Rhymes with GOOSEBERRY

baneberry, barberry, bayberry, bearberry, bilberry, blackberry, black cherry, blaeberry, blueberry, Bradbury, bunchberry, Burberry, canary, chokeberry, chokecherry, cloudberry, contrary, costmary, cowberry, cranberry, crowberry, deerberry, equerry, ground-cherry, hackberry, Hail Mary, inkberry, Juneberry, knobkerrie, library, mulberry, nondairy, pokeberry, primary, raspberry, rosemary, scalare, shadberry, snowberry, soapberry, strawberry, summary, sweet cherry, teaberry, tilbury, tooth fairy, twinberry, unwary, vagary, wheat berry, wolfberry, youngberry

gooseberry

noun    (Concise Encyclopedia)

Gooseberry (Ribes)—Derek Fell

Hardy fruit bush of the Northern Hemisphere, often placed in the genus Ribes with the currant (or alternatively assigned to the genus Grossularia as its sole member), in the family Grossulariaceae. The spiny bushes bear clusters of greenish to greenish pink flowers. The tart, oval berries may be prickly, hairy, or smooth. They are eaten ripe and often made into jellies, preserves, pies and other desserts, or wine. Because gooseberry is an alternate host for white-pine blister rust, growing it is illegal in some states where white pine is an important resource.

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