Noun: Barbados cherry
- Tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries
"The Barbados cherry is valued for its high vitamin C content";
- 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
"They made a tangy jam from Barbados cherries";
- acerola, surinam cherry, West Indian cherry
Derived forms: Barbados cherries
Type of: berry, dicot, dicotyledon, exogen, magnoliopsid
Encyclopedia: Barbados cherry