GOOSEBERRY


Meaning of GOOSEBERRY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈɡuzbərɪ ]

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. øplay gooseberry Brit. colloq. be an unwanted extra (usu. third) person. [perh. f. GOOSE + BERRY]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.