Barbados cherry

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

barbados cherry
    n 1: tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit
         resembling cherries [syn: {barbados cherry}, {acerola},
         {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 [syn: {acerola}, {barbados
       cherry}, {surinam cherry}, {West Indian cherry}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Malpighia glabra \Malpighia glabra\ prop. n. (Bot.)
   THe species name of the acerola, also called {barbados
   cherry}, a tropical American shrub bearing edible cherrylike
   acid red fruit.

   Syn: barbados cherry, acerola, Surinam cherry, West Indian
        cherry.
        [WordNet 1.5]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Barbados \Bar*ba"dos\ or Barbadoes \Bar*ba"does\, n.
   A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a
   cherry, etc.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Barbados cherry} (Bot.), a genus of trees of the West Indies
      ({Malpighia}) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a
      cherry.

   {Barbados leg} (Med.), a species of elephantiasis incident to
      hot climates.

   {Barbados nuts}, the seeds of the {Jatropha curcas}, a plant
      growing in South America and elsewhere. The seeds and
      their acrid oil are used in medicine as a purgative. See
      {Physic nut}.
      [1913 Webster]