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Coromandel gooseberry
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Gooseberry \Goose"ber*ry\, n.; pl. Gooseberries, [Corrupted
for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F.
groseille, -- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere,
kr[aum]uselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie
(as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie,
fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusb[aum]r (fr. krus, krusing, crisp).
The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. curl. Cf.
Grossular, a.]
1. (Bot.) Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the
edible berries of such shrub. There are several species,
of which Ribes Grossularia is the one commonly
cultivated.
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2. A silly person; a goose cap. --Goldsmith.
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Barbadoes gooseberry, a climbing prickly shrub ({Pereskia
aculeata}) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries
resembling gooseberries.

Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola.

Gooseberry fool. See 1st Fool.

Gooseberry worm (Zool.), the larva of a small moth
(Dakruma convolutella). It destroys the gooseberry by
eating the interior.
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Coromandel gooseberry
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Coromandel \Cor`o*man"del\ (k?r`?-m?n"del), n. (Geol.)
The west coast, or a portion of the west coast, of the Bay of
Bengal.
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Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola.

Coromandel wood, Calamander wood.
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Coromandel gooseberry
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Carambola \Ca`ram*bo"la\, n. (Bot.)
An East Indian tree (Averrhoa Carambola), and its acid,
juicy fruit; called also Coromandel gooseberry.
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