gooseberry

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

goose·berry [gooseberry gooseberries] BrE [ˈɡʊzbəri] NAmE [ˈɡuːsberi] noun (pl. goose·berries)
a small green fruit that grows on a bush with ↑thorns. Gooseberries taste sour and are usually cooked to make jam, ↑pies, etc. Children are sometimes told that babies come from ‘under the gooseberry bush ’
•a gooseberry bush
Idiom: ↑play gooseberry

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: the first element perhaps from ↑goose, or perhaps based on Old French groseille, altered because of an unexplained association with the bird.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  gooseberry bush, Ribes uva-crispa, Ribes grossularia