'Pereskia aculeata' definitions:
Definition of 'Pereskia aculeata'
From: WordNet
noun
West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits [syn: Barbados gooseberry, Barbados- gooseberry vine, Pereskia aculeata]
Definition of 'Pereskia aculeata'
From: GCIDE
- 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]