The edible berry or fruit of any of the thorny species of the genus Ribes, the best known and most commonly cultivated of which is R. Grossularia…
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > gooseberry (16) gooseberry?1533 The edible berry or fruit of any of the thorny species of the genus Ribes, the best known and most commonly cultivated of which is R. Grossularia… groser1548 A gooseberry. Also attributive, as groser-bush. St John's berry1561 †(a) the fruit of barberry, Berberis vulgaris (obsolete rare); (b) (the fruit of) a currant or gooseberry (genus Ribes). dewberry1578 A species of blackberry or bramble-berry, the name being applied both to the fruit and the shrub: in Great Britain Rubus cæsius, a low-growing… thorn-grape1578 the gooseberry. feaberry1597 A gooseberry; in Norfolk applied only to the unripe fruit (Forby). Also attributive. pearl gooseberry1688 a large, very pale variety of gooseberry. wineberry1703 Applied formerly or now locally to various berries. dayberry1736 = gooseberry, n. 1. Cf. dewberry, n. honey-blob1746 a gooseberry, esp. one of a sweet yellow variety; cf. blob, n.1 3b. blobc1750 Applied to a soft round fruit, as a gooseberry; also dialect to globular or drop-like flowers, as the Globe-flower, Foxglove, etc. groset1786 A gooseberry. goosegog1823 A widespread local form for gooseberry. Worcesterberry1923 A small black gooseberry of the North American species Ribes divaricatum, once believed to be a hybrid of the blackcurrant and the gooseberry and… golden berry1930 the small, round, orangish-yellow fruit of Physalis peruviana; = Cape gooseberry n. at cape, n.3 compounds 1b. Subcategories:— gooseberry-like fruit (1) |
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