Gooseberry
WordNet
noun
(1) Currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies
(2) Spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A fruit closely related to the currant.
- We had a good haul of gooseberries from our tree this year.
- Any of several other unrelated fruits, such as the Chinese gooseberry (kiwifruit) and the Indian gooseberry (amla).
- an additional person that is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation
- Robert and Susan were so in love with each other that nobody could go near them without feeling like a gooseberry.