Amla vs. Gooseberry

Amlanoun

Phyllanthus emblica, a deciduous tree.

Amlanoun

the bitter yellow-green fruit of this tree.

Gooseberrynoun

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

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

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Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:

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the Chinese gooseberry or kiwifruit, the edible berry of a cultivar group of the woody vine Actinidia deliciosa and hybrids between this and other species in the genus Actinidia

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the Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica), emblic, amla.

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the Ceylon gooseberry, a species of Dovyalis native to Sri Lanka and southern India

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the Barbados gooseberry (Pereskia aculeata), an unusual cactus

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The Long Key locustberry or shiny locustberry (Byrsonima lucida)

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(Phyllanthus acuminatus), a herb-like plant

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Physalis angulata, also called balloon cherry and cutleaf groundcherry

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Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana), indigenous to South America

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(Withania somnifera)

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A chaperone.

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An additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation.

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A fool.

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A fantastic story; a tall tale; a hoax.

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A testicle.

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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.

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A silly person; a goose cap.

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spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries

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currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies

Gooseberry

Gooseberry ( or (American and northern British) or (southern British)), is a common name for many species of Ribes (which also includes currants), as well as a large number of plants of similar appearance. The berries of those in the genus Ribes (sometimes placed in the genus Grossularia) are edible and may be green, red, purple, yellow, white, or black.