n. The berry or fruit of a plant of the genus Ribes, or the plant itself; in botany, a general term for the species of the genus Ribes which belong to the section Grossularia, as the name currant is applied to those of the section Ribesia.n. A silly person; a goosecap.Relating to or made of gooseberries: as, gooseberry wine.n. The farkleberry, Batodendron arboreum: doubtless so called from its somewhat similar fruit. See farkleberry.n. The Coromandel goosebery (which see).n. One of several species of Polycodium. See squaw-huckleberry.