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Definition of Sea gooseberry
1. Noun. Ctenophore having a rounded body with longitudinal rows of cilia.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea Gooseberry
Literary usage of Sea gooseberry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Description and History of Vegetable Substances, Used in the Arts, and in (1830)
"... translated in 1578, it is called "the red beyond-sea gooseberry." The white,
having the most delicate flavour, is most in request for the dessert. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1881)
"(4) A breach made by the sea. GOOSEBERRY. To play old gooseberry, ie, to create
a great confusion. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Archaic & Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1852)
"On the Stationers' registers, 16th June, 1597, was licensed, " The newe and most
pleasant game of t\ic goose." (4) A breach made by the sea. GOOSEBERRY. ..."
4. A History of the Vegetable Kingdom: Embracing the Physiology of Plants, with by William Rhind (1857)
"... History of Plants," translated in 1578, it is called "the red beyond- sea
gooseberry." The white, having the most delicate flavour, ..."
5. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"On the Stationers' registers, 16th June, 1597, was licensed, " The newe and most
pleasant game of the goose. " (4) A breach made by the sea. GOOSEBERRY. ..."
6. By the Deep Sea: A Popular Introduction to the Wild Life of the British Shores by Edward Step (1896)
"... sometimes called the sea gooseberry. In early summer, when the seas are still,
and everything for five fathoms or more can be clearly seen through the ..."
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