barbados cherry


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Barbados cherry

n.
See acerola.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun1.Barbados cherry - tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherriesbarbados cherry - tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries
acerola, Malpighia glabra, Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry
acerola, barbados cherry, West Indian cherry, surinam cherry - acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C
dicot, dicotyledon, exogen, magnoliopsid - flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside
2.barbados cherry - acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C
acerola, West Indian cherry, surinam cherry
berry - any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
acerola, barbados cherry, Malpighia glabra, Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry - tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries
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