ketembilla

Definitions of ketembilla

1. noun

   a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India
   synonyms: Ceylon gooseberry, Dovyalis hebecarpa, ketembilla tree, kitambilla, kitembilla

   type of:

   tree

   a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
2. noun

   maroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves
   synonyms: kitambilla, kitembilla

   type of:

   edible fruit

   edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh