Relating to or characteristic of gooseberries; resembling gooseberry plants or fruits.
From 'Grossularia' (gooseberry genus) plus the adjectival suffix '-ous', creating an alternative form to describe gooseberry-like qualities.
Different scientists sometimes invented competing fancy names for the same thing—'grossularious' was one attempt to describe gooseberry stuff, but '-aceous' won out in botanical English!
Complete word intelligence in one call. Free tier — 50 lookups/day.