1. Brazilian tree with spicy red fruit; often cultivated in California and Florida
   "The Surinam cherry fruit has a unique, slightly resinous flavour";
   - pitanga, Eugenia uniflora
    
2. Tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries
   "The Surinam cherry is valued for its high vitamin C content";
   - Barbados cherry, acerola, West Indian cherry, Malpighia glabra

1. Acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C
   "They made a tangy jam from surinam cherries";
   - acerola, Barbados cherry, West Indian cherry

Derived forms: surinam cherries

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

Part of: Eugenia, genus Eugenia

Encyclopedia: Surinam cherry