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gooseberry

Several prickly shrubs of the genus Ribes in the saxifrage family, native to Eurasia and North America, and closely related to currants in the same genus. The fleshy, red, blackish or green fruits are edible. The pasture gooseberry R. cyanosbati is native to North America. The European gooseberry R. grossalaria is cultivated in gardens.



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Gooseberry is one of the sharpest boys in London, Mr.
The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Come along, and you'll be able to sympathize with all poor souls who have to play gooseberry often.
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AFTER losing them, he ran on four legs and went faster, so that I think he might have got away altogether if he had not unfortunately run into a gooseberry net, and got caught by the large buttons on his jacket.
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