a Eurasian shrub, Ribes uva-crispa (or R. grossularia), having greenish, purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries: family Grossulariaceae
See also currant (sense 2)
2.
a.
the berry of this plant
b.
(as modifier)
gooseberry jam
3. British informal
an unwanted single person in a group of couples, esp a third person with a couple (often in the phrase play gooseberry)
4. Cape gooseberry
All related terms of 'gooseberries'
gooseberry
A gooseberry is a small green fruit that has a sharp taste and is covered with tiny hairs .
gooseberry bush
a Eurasian shrub, Ribes uva-crispa (or R. grossularia ), having greenish, purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries : family Grossulariaceae
goosegog
a Eurasian shrub, Ribes uva-crispa (or R . grossularia ), having greenish, purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries : family Grossulariaceae
groser
a gooseberry
sea gooseberry
any of various ctenophores of the genus Pleurobrachia and related genera, having a rounded body with longitudinal rows of cilia and hairlike tentacles
cape gooseberry
a tropical American solanaceous plant, Physalis peruviana, naturalized in southern Africa, having yellow flowers and edible yellow berries
Chinese gooseberry
→ kiwi (sense 2 )
kiwi fruit
A kiwi fruit is a fruit with a brown hairy skin and green flesh.