gooseberry bush

British  

noun

1. See gooseberry

2. used humorously in answering children's questions regarding their birth

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Example Sentences

Now it is entwined with my gooseberry bush, and once a week I rip out the wandering stems before their white blossoms turn into seedy berries.

From Washington Post • Aug. 28, 2017

This year she is not planting anything new, just watering her perennials, like kales and her giant cape gooseberry bush.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2015

Her father recovered; Selma struggled on and one day her uncle discovered her poring over the Book of Revelation under a gooseberry bush.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Yes, father," a meek young man standing up behind the gooseberry bush instantly replied: he was trying to brush himself as clean as circumstances would permit.

From The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

The catbird’s nest, with four greenish-blue eggs, is in a wild gooseberry bush and the catbird is up among the shad-trees feasting on the ripening June berries.

From Some Spring Days in Iowa by Lazell, Frederick John