gooseberry
gooseberry
Definition
goose·berry (go̵̅o̅s′ber′ē, -bə rē; -go̵̅o̅z′-)
noun pl. -·ries
- a small, sour berry used in making preserves, pies, etc.: it resembles a currant but is larger
- any of various prickly shrubs (genus Ribes) of the saxifrage family which produce gooseberries
Etymology: as if < goose + berry, but prob. folk-etym. form for *grose berie, akin to dial. grosel, gooseberry (< Fr groseille), Du kruisbezie, Ger krausbeere
gooseberry
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- grow: Soft fruits grow well and gooseberries grown in the area may find their way into Oldbury Tarts.
- play: The 500 will sleep 5 people ( who's playing gooseberry?
- pick: And speaking of gardens, aren't we supposed to be picking gooseberries sometime this week?
- prune: Prune gooseberries now if they were left unpruned over winter.
- have: If we had not had the gooseberries we would not have lasted out.
Adjective modifier
- Chinese: Answer: Crimson 9 ) What country do Chinese gooseberries come from?
- Indian: One of the most significant in income terms is Amla, the Indian gooseberry.
- fresh: Fresh Gooseberries do not store well but may be bottled or frozen.
- stewed: Supporters found elderflowers, subdued oak and stewed gooseberries on the nose and sweet, creamy vanilla coupled with refreshing acidity on the palate.
- red: The neat taste is honey, licorice and sweet red gooseberries.
Modifies a noun
- sawfly: Carry out a thorough weekly inspection of gooseberries from May onwards concentrating in the center of the bush for larvae of gooseberry sawfly.
- bush: Jim was in the fruit plot with the gooseberry bushes.
- fool: The Southbank has that classic gooseberry fool profile with a touch of nettle too.
- flavor: A nose of cut grass gives way to typical gooseberry flavors, backed up with a slight hint of blackcurrant on the finish.
- fruit: The palate was well balanced with some ripe gooseberry fruit coming through.
- mildew: American gooseberry mildew The damage: Leaves and sometimes fruit develop a powdery white coating.
Noun used with modifier
- cape: Briefly stir in the slices of pineapple and banana and cape gooseberries.
- sea: Larval fish are a favorite food of sea gooseberries.
- dessert: Later in the season come the dessert gooseberries that are sweet enough to be eaten raw - try them in fruit salads.
- cooking: STORING Firm cooking gooseberries will keep ( unwashed ) in the fridge for a week or two.
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