'Barbados cherry' definitions:
Definition of 'barbados cherry'
(from WordNet)
noun
Tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries [syn: barbados cherry, acerola, Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry, Malpighia glabra]
noun
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]
Definition of 'Barbados cherry'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'barbados cherry'
From: GCIDE
- 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]