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gooseberry 音标拼音: [g'usb ,ɛri] n. 醋栗树,醋栗,醋栗酒 醋栗树,醋栗,醋栗酒 gooseberry n 1: spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple- tinged flowers and ovoid yellow- green or red- purple berries [ synonym: { gooseberry}, { gooseberry bush}, { Ribes uva- crispa}, { Ribes grossularia}] 2: currant- like berry used primarily in jams and jelliesGooseberry \ Goose" ber* ry\, n.; pl. { Gooseberries}, [ Corrupted for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F. groseille, -- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere, kr[ aum] uselbeere ( fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie ( as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie, fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusb[ aum] r ( 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A silly person; a goose cap. -- Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster] { 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. [ 1913 Webster]
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