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Name: Gooseberry Alternate Name(s): Used by: TT, AC, AA |
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Derived from: From resemblance to the fruit. |
Earliest Use: 1704, Barbot (1746: 404). |
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Origin: Venice, ca. mid/late 16th century to 1909. |
Distinctive Trait: White lines of lattimo embedded within cristallo body (not laid on surface). |
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Distribution: Global. |
Remarks: Chief bead of the slave trade; history of bead parallels the history of the fruit. See Francis 1994b. |
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