gooseberry
/goos-ber-ee, -buh-ree, gooz-/US // ˈgusˌbɛr i, -bə ri, ˈguz- //UK // (ˈɡʊzbərɪ, -brɪ) //
醋栗,浆果,醋栗树,醋栗子
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural goose·ber·ries.
- : the edible, acid, globular, sometimes spiny fruit of certain prickly shrubs belonging to the genus Ribes, of the saxifrage family, especially R. uva-crispa.
- : a shrub bearing this fruit.
Examples
You can also see the remains of the “gooseberry”—the artificial breakwater the Allies created off the beach.
It was gooseberry jam, and Bumper hated gooseberries, although he had never tasted of them before.
Bumper squealed with fright, and turned to the left to find shelter under some prickly gooseberry bushes.
To cut or prune gooseberry and currant-trees is very simple.
Gooseberry-trees should be cut differently from currant-trees.
The fruit is very agreeable, and in taste resembles the gooseberry, and is very cooling.
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