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Barbados gooseberry

DEFINITIONS OF: Barbados gooseberry

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n West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits

Synonyms:
Barbados-gooseberry vine, Pereskia aculeata
Type of:
vine
a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

n small yellow to orange fruit of the Barbados gooseberry cactus used in desserts and preserves and jellies

Synonyms:
blade apple
Type of:
edible fruit
edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
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