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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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]


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]
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]
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]