Gooseberry

n.	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.
	2.	A silly person; a goose cap. 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.

Noun	1.	gooseberry - spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries Synonyms: gooseberry bush, Ribes grossularia, Ribes uva-crispa
	2.	gooseberry - currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies

bush, genus Ribes, gooseberry bush, Ribes, Ribes grossularia, Ribes uva-crispa, shrub