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Noun: acerola
  1. Tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries
    - barbados cherry, Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry, Malpighia glabra
     
  2. Acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C
    - barbados cherry, surinam cherry, West Indian cherry

Derived forms: acerolas

Type of: berry, dicot, dicotyledon, exogen, magnoliopsid

Encyclopedia: Acerola

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