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groseille — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • currant noun A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape.
  • gooseberry noun A small, tart, round green (or sometimes red) berry that grows on a spiny shrub, used in pies, jams, and fools.

Senses

groseille is used for these senses in English:

  • currant The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red.
  • currant A shrub bearing such fruit.
  • gooseberry A fruit of species Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.

currant — full definition

  1. noun A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape.
  2. noun The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red.
  3. noun A shrub bearing such fruit.

gooseberry — full definition

  1. noun A small, tart, round green (or sometimes red) berry that grows on a spiny shrub, used in pies, jams, and fools.
  2. noun (informal, British) A third person who unwantedly tags along with a couple.

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