Толковый словарь английского языка - gooseberry
Gooseberry
gooseberry
noun Date: 1573 1. the acid usually prickly fruit of any of several shrubs (genus Ribes, especially R. hirtellum of the United States and R. uva-crispa of Europe) grouped especially formerly in the saxifrage family but now often placed in a separate family (Grossulariaceae, the ~ family), a shrub bearing gooseberries, currant 2
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 a round edible yellowish-green berry with a thin usu. translucent skin enclosing seeds in a juicy flesh. 2 the thorny shrub, Ribes grossularia, bearing this fruit. Phrases and idioms play gooseberry Brit. colloq. be an unwanted extra (usu. third) person. Etymology: perh. f. GOOSE + BERRY ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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