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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) 2.0

	barbados cherry
     n 1: tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit
          resembling cherries [syn: 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, surinam
        cherry, West Indian cherry]