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  1. 1. a. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. A silly person; a goose cap. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries Source: wordnet
  4. 4. n. currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 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. Goldsmith. 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 lst Fool. -- Gooseberry worm (Zoöl.), the larva of a small moth (Dakruma convolutella). It destroys the gooseberry by eating the interior. Source: webster
  6. 6. Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the edible berriesof such shrub. There are several species, of which Ribes Grossulariais the one commonly cultivated. Source: adambom
  7. 7. n:100 n. spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries n. currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies Source: ecdict

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