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gooseberry — noun Date: 1573 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… … New Collegiate Dictionary
family Grossulariaceae — noun in some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berry • Syn: ↑Grossulariaceae, ↑gooseberry family • Hypernyms: ↑plant family • Member Holonyms: ↑Rosales, ↑order Rosales … Useful english dictionary
Gooseberry Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador — Gooseberry Cove is a settlement in the Trinity Bay area of Newfoundland located on an area of land known as the Southwest Arm, which extends off the Trans Canada Highway on Route 204. It is neighbored by the communities of Butter Cove and… … Wikipedia
gooseberry — [go͞os′ber΄ē, go͞os′bə rē; go͞oz′ber΄ē, go͞oz′bə rē] n. pl. gooseberries [as if < GOOSE + BERRY, but prob. folk etym. form for * grose berie, akin to dial. grosel, gooseberry (< Fr groseille), Du kruisbezie, Ger krausbeere] 1. a small, sour … English World dictionary
Gooseberry (disambiguation) — The gooseberry is a species of Ribes , native to Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia.Gooseberry may also refer to:* Barbados gooseberry, an unusual cactus * Cape gooseberry, a species of Physalis indigenous to South America *… … Wikipedia
gooseberry — /goohs ber ee, beuh ree, goohz /, n., pl. gooseberries. 1. the edible, acid, globular, sometimes spiny fruit of certain prickly shrubs belonging to the genus Ribes, of the saxifrage family, esp. R. uva crispa (or R. grossularia). 2. a shrub… … Universalium
gooseberry — goose•ber•ry [[t]ˈgusˌbɛr i, bə ri, ˈguz [/t]] n. pl. ries 1) pln the sour, sometimes prickly fruit of certain shrubs of the genus Ribes, of the saxifrage family 2) pln any of these shrubs • Etymology: 1525–35 … From formal English to slang
List of trees and shrubs by taxonomic family — The following is a list of trees and shrubs of high notoriety. Taxonomic families for the following trees and shrubs are listed in alphabetical order, likewise the genera and closely related species.=GYMNOSPERMS= =CONIFERS= Araucariaceae: The… … Wikipedia
plant family — noun a family of plants • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑gymnosperm family, ↑Campanulaceae, ↑family Campanulaceae, ↑bellflower family, ↑Dioscoreaceae, ↑family D … Useful english dictionary
Indian gooseberry — Amla redirects here. For the cricketer, see Hashim Amla. Taxobox name = Indian Gooseberry image width = 250px regnum = Plantae divisio = Flowering plant classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Malpighiales familia = Phyllanthaceae tribus = Phyllantheae… … Wikipedia
