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GOOSEBERRY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("gooseberry" is a kind of...):

currant (any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams)

Holonyms ("gooseberry" is a part of...):

gooseberry; gooseberry bush; Ribes grossularia; Ribes uva-crispa (spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries

Synonyms:

gooseberry; gooseberry bush; Ribes grossularia; Ribes uva-crispa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("gooseberry" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Meronyms (parts of "gooseberry"):

gooseberry (currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies)

Holonyms ("gooseberry" is a member of...):

genus Ribes; Ribes (a flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries; native to northern hemisphere)

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