gooseberry meaning

Noun: gooseberry  'goos`beree [N. Amer], 'gûzburee [Brit]

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

Derived forms: gooseberries

Type of: bush, currant, shrub

Part of: genus Ribes, Ribes

Encyclopedia: Gooseberry

[British slang]
Noun. A person who is an unwanted extra, usually to a courting couple. From the informal expression playing gooseberry. E.g."If you two are going to spend the night kissing and cuddling on the sofa making me feel like a gooseberry, then I'm off out to the pub.”

[Medicine]
A plant genus of the family GROSSULARIACEAE. GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID is obtained from the black currant oil of the seeds.

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1. only bob's stern command persuaded her to eat fee's gooseberry jam sandwiches
2. we have strawberry in summer and, a little later, raspberries, gooseberries and plums.
3. what are you going to do with these gooseberries
4. where are chinese gooseberries most massively planted
5. you both going there is ok, i don't wanna play gooseberry