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.
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