Definition of "gooseberry"

A fruit of species Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.  examples

Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum (American gooseberry).  examples

Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:

1. 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  examples

2. Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica), emblic, amla.  examples

3. Ceylon gooseberry, a species of Dovyalis native to Sri Lanka and southern India  examples

4. Barbados gooseberry (Pereskia aculeata), an unusual cactus  examples

5. Long Key locustberry or shiny locustberry (Byrsonima lucida)  examples

6. Jamaican gooseberry tree (Phyllanthus acuminatus), a herb-like plant  examples

7. star gooseberry

   1. Otaheite gooseberry (Phyllanthus acidus)  examples

   2. Katuk (Sauropus androgynus), a shrub grown in some tropical regions as a leaf vegetable  examples

8. Physalis angulata, also called balloon cherry and cutleaf groundcherry  examples

9. Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana), indigenous to South America  examples

10. poison gooseberry (Withania somnifera)  examples

(dated, British slang) A chaperone.

(chiefly Britain) An additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation.  quotations  examples

(dated, British slang) A fool.

(dated, British slang) A fantastic story; a tall tale; a hoax.

(dated, British slang, vulgar, usually in the plural) A testicle.