资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Carambola \Ca`ram*bo"la\, n. (Bot.)
An East Indian tree ({Averrhoa Carambola}), and its acid,
juicy fruit; called also {Coromandel gooseberry}.
Gooseberry \Goose"ber*ry\, n.; pl. {Gooseberries}, [Corrupted
for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F.
groseille, -- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere,
kr["a]uselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie
(as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie,
fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusb["a]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.
2. A silly person; a goose cap. --Goldsmith.
{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 lst {Fool}.
{Gooseberry worm} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a small moth
({Dakruma convolutella}). It destroys the gooseberry by
eating the interior.
Coromandel \Cor`o*man"del\ (k?r`?-m?n"del), n. (Geol.)
The west coast, or a portion of the west coast, of the Bay of
Bengal.
{Coromandel gooseberry}. See {Carambola}.
{Coromandel wood}, Calamander wood.