acerola

Definitions of acerola
  1. noun
    tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries
    synonyms: Malpighia glabra, Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry, barbados cherry
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    type of:
    dicot, dicotyledon, exogen, magnoliopsid
    flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside
  2. noun
    acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C
    synonyms: West Indian cherry, barbados cherry, surinam cherry
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    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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