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Gooseberry (disambiguation)

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Gooseberry most often refers to a cultivated plant from two species of the genus Ribes:

  • Ribes uva-crispa native to Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia.
  • Ribes hirtellum, American gooseberry
  • Hybrids between Ribes hirtellum and Ribes uva-crispa, including most of the cultivated gooseberry cultivars

For other plants see List of plants known as gooseberry

Other uses

  • Gooseberry, a structural element of the artificial Mulberry harbours used in World War II
  • Sea gooseberry, a common name for some ctenophores (comb jellies), particularly Pleurobrachia

See also