A fruit of species Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.

Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum (American gooseberry).

A noun "gooseberry" represents various plants that bear fruit, including the chinese gooseberry, indian gooseberry, ceylon gooseberry, barbados gooseberry, long key locustberry, jamaican gooseberry tree, star gooseberry, katuk, physalis angulata, cape gooseberry, and poison gooseberry.

(chiefly Britain) An additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation.