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gooseberry
noun goose·ber·ry \ˈgüs-ˌber-ē, ˈgüz-, -b(ə-)rē, chiefly British ˈgu̇z-\
: a small green berry that has a sour taste
: an extra person who is present when two other people (such as lovers) want to be alone together
Full 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 Defined for Kids
gooseberry
noun goose·ber·ry \ˈgüs-ˌber-ē, ˈgüz-\
plural goose·ber·ries
Definition of GOOSEBERRY for Kids
: the sour berry of a thorny bush related to the currant
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