wild gooseberry

noun

Definition of wild gooseberry

1 : any of several plants of the genus Ribes especially : a common North American spiny shrub (R. cynosbati) with racemose green flowers and bitter bristly green fruit

2 : the fruit of a wild gooseberry

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