Barbados cherry
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Barbados cherry![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Malpighia glabra \Malpighia glabra\ prop. n. (Bot.) THe species name of the acerola, also called barbados cherry, a tropical American shrub bearing edible cherrylike acid red fruit. Syn: barbados cherry, acerola, Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry. [WordNet 1.5] Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Barbados \Bar*ba"dos\ or Barbadoes \Bar*ba"does\, n. A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc. [1913 Webster] Barbados cherry (Bot.), a genus of trees of the West Indies (Malpighia) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a cherry. Barbados leg (Med.), a species of elephantiasis incident to hot climates. Barbados nuts, the seeds of the Jatropha curcas, a plant growing in South America and elsewhere. The seeds and their acrid oil are used in medicine as a purgative. See Physic nut. [1913 Webster] Source: WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
barbados cherry
n 1: tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit
resembling cherries [syn: barbados cherry, acerola,
Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry, Malpighia glabra]
2: acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American
shrub very rich in vitamin C [syn: acerola, barbados
cherry, surinam cherry, West Indian cherry]
Matching Word(s) Barbados cherry Barbadoes cherry
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