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gooseberry bush

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gooseberry bush
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) See gooseberry [1]
under a gooseberry bush used humorously in answering children's questions regarding their birth
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Noun1.gooseberry bushgooseberry bush - spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries
gooseberry, Ribes grossularia, Ribes uva-crispa
gooseberry - currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies
genus Ribes, Ribes - a flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries; native to northern hemisphere
bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems


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Never mind that the article is about the maturation of Nova Pilbeam, who played the kidnapped child in The Man Who Knew Too Much and the ingenue in Young and Innocent, and whom Hitchcock used more or less as he would a gooseberry bush that had migrated from the set of one film to another.
Hitchcock on Hitchcock: Selected Writings and Interviews by Flood, Richard / Artforum International
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