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cape gooseberry
noun[ C ]
(alsoCape gooseberry)uk /ˌkeɪp ˈɡʊz.bər.i/ us /ˌkeɪp ˈɡʊz.ber.i/
a small orange fruit that looks like a small tomato and that grows surrounded by light-brown, paper-like leaves: 秘鲁灯笼果，秘鲁苦蘵
You could dip fruit such as cape gooseberries, strawberries, or chunks of banana or pineapple into melted chocolate.
The Cape gooseberry is not a true gooseberry.
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Synonym
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It was at university that I ate cape gooseberries for the first time.
If you have a greenhouse you could grow another unusual crop, the Cape gooseberry.
Tomatillos are members of the nightshade family and are small green fruits resembling the tomato but related to the Cape gooseberry.
He made a cape gooseberry conserve to be served with a banana and poppy seed upside down cake which had halved cape gooseberries placed in the bottom.
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