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