'Coromandel gooseberry' definitions:
Definition of '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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of '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. [1913 Webster]
- Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola.
- Coromandel wood, Calamander wood. [1913 Webster]
Definition of '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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A silly person; a goose cap. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]