Barbados cherry — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
barbados cherry — noun 1. tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries • Syn: ↑acerola, ↑Surinam cherry, ↑West Indian cherry, ↑Malpighia glabra • Hypernyms: ↑dicot, ↑dicotyledon, ↑magnoliopsid … Useful english dictionary
barbados cherry — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Barbados cherry — ▪ plant also called West Indian Cherry, or Acerola, common name for various tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs of the genera Bunchiosa and Malpighia (family Malpighiaceae), especially M. glabra, M. punicifolia, and M. urens. The… … Universalium
Barbados cherry — /babeɪdɒs ˈtʃɛri/ (say bahbaydos cheree) noun → acerola. {from Barbados} …
Barbados cherry — noun acerola … Wiktionary
Barbados cherry — acerola … Medical dictionary
barbados-cherry family — noun Usage: usually capitalized B : malpighiaceae … Useful english dictionary
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Barbados leg — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
