What is the meaning of Gooseberry?

A fruit of species Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.

Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum (American gooseberry).

Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:

  1. Chinese gooseberry or kiwifruit, the edible berry of a cultivar group of the woody vine Actinidia deliciosa and hybrids between this and other species in the genus Actinidia
  2. Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica), emblic, amla.
  3. Ceylon gooseberry, a species of Dovyalis native to Sri Lanka and southern India
  4. Barbados gooseberry (Pereskia aculeata), an unusual cactus
  5. Long Key locustberry or shiny locustberry (Byrsonima lucida)
  6. Jamaican gooseberry tree (Phyllanthus acuminatus), a herb-like plant
  7. star gooseberry
    1. Otaheite gooseberry (Phyllanthus acidus)
    2. Katuk (Sauropus androgynus), a shrub grown in some tropical regions as a leaf vegetable
  8. Physalis angulata, also called balloon cherry and cutleaf groundcherry
  9. Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana), indigenous to South America
  10. poison gooseberry (Withania somnifera)

Chinese gooseberry or kiwifruit, the edible berry of a cultivar group of the woody vine Actinidia deliciosa and hybrids between this and other species in the genus Actinidia

Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica), emblic, amla.

Ceylon gooseberry, a species of Dovyalis native to Sri Lanka and southern India

Barbados gooseberry (Pereskia aculeata), an unusual cactus

Long Key locustberry or shiny locustberry (Byrsonima lucida)

Jamaican gooseberry tree (Phyllanthus acuminatus), a herb-like plant

star gooseberry

  1. Otaheite gooseberry (Phyllanthus acidus)
  2. Katuk (Sauropus androgynus), a shrub grown in some tropical regions as a leaf vegetable

Otaheite gooseberry (Phyllanthus acidus)

Katuk (Sauropus androgynus), a shrub grown in some tropical regions as a leaf vegetable

Physalis angulata, also called balloon cherry and cutleaf groundcherry

Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana), indigenous to South America

poison gooseberry (Withania somnifera)

A chaperone.

An additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation.

A fool.

A fantastic story; a tall tale; a hoax.

A testicle.

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