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gooseberry

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  1. A fruit of species Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.
  2. Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum (American gooseberry).
  3. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar: Chinese gooseberry or kiwifruit, the edible berry of a cultivar group of the woody vine Actinidia deliciosa and hybrids between this and other species in the genus Actinidia
  4. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar: Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica), emblic, amla.
  5. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar: Ceylon gooseberry, a species of Dovyalis native to Sri Lanka and southern India
  6. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar: Barbados gooseberry (Pereskia aculeata), an unusual cactus
  7. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar: Long Key locustberry or shiny locustberry (Byrsonima lucida)
  8. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar: Jamaican gooseberry tree (Phyllanthus acuminatus), a herb-like plant
  9. star gooseberry: Otaheite gooseberry (Phyllanthus acidus)
  10. star gooseberry: Katuk (Sauropus androgynus), a shrub grown in some tropical regions as a leaf vegetable
  11. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar: Physalis angulata, also called balloon cherry and cutleaf groundcherry
  12. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar: Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana), indigenous to South America
  13. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar: poison gooseberry (Withania somnifera)
  14. A chaperone.
  15. An additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation.
  16. A fool.
  17. A fantastic story; a tall tale; a hoax.
  18. A testicle.

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