barbados cherry : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: barbados cherry	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for barbados cherry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barbados cherry n tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries Synonym(s): barbados cherry, acerola, Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry, Malpighia glabra acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C Synonym(s): acerola, barbados cherry, surinam cherry, West Indian cherry
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbados \Barba"dos\ [or] Barbadoes \Barba"does\, n. A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc. {Barbados cherry} (Bot.), a genus of trees of the West Indies ({Malpighia}) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a cherry. {Barbados leg} (Med.), a species of elephantiasis incident to hot climates. {Barbados nuts}, the seeds of the {Jatropha curcas}, a plant growing in South America and elsewhere. The seeds and their acrid oil are used in medicine as a purgative. See {Physic nut}.