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barbados cherry

DEFINITIONS OF: barbados cherry

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n tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries

Synonyms:
Malpighia glabra, Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry, acerola
Type of:
dicot, dicotyledon, exogen, magnoliopsid
flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside

n acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C

Synonyms:
West Indian cherry, acerola, surinam cherry
Type of:
berry
any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
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