Gooseberry Bush (Noun)
Meaning
Spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The ripe berries from the gooseberry bush are a sweet and tangy snack for many children in the countryside.
- Grandma would carefully pluck the unripe berries from the gooseberry bush and cook them in pies.
- We transplanted a few stems of gooseberry bush to our new garden in hopes that it would produce berries quickly.
- I have always enjoyed watching the busy birds snacking on the fruit from our old gooseberry bush in summer.
- Farmers need to constantly check for and treat signs of sawfly larvae damage to the leaves on the gooseberry bush.