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- IPA: /ˈɡuːsb(ə)ɹi/
- IPA: /ˈɡʊzb(ə)ɹi/
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Substantiivit
- A fruit, Ribes uva-crispa, closely related to the currant.
- Ribes hirtellum, the closely related American gooseberry.
- Any of several other not closely related plants, that bear fruit in some way similar:
- the 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
- the Indian gooseberry, Phyllanthus emblica, emblic, amla.
- the Ceylon gooseberry, a species of Dovyalis native to Sri Lanka and southern India
- the Barbados gooseberry, Pereskia aculeata, an unusual cactus
- The Long Key locustberry or shiny locustberry, Byrsonima lucida
- Jamaican gooseberry tree, Phyllanthus acuminatus, a herb-like plant
- star gooseberry
- 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
- (chiefly British) An additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation.
Esimerkit
- We had a good haul of gooseberries from our tree this year.
- "But," said Philippa dolefully, "if I go I'll have to be gooseberry, and that will be a new experience for Philippa Gordon."
- "Well, new experiences are broadening. Come along, and you'll be able to sympathize with all poor souls who have to play gooseberry often.
- Robert and Susan were so in love with each other that nobody could go near them without feeling like a gooseberry.
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