ketembilla n 1: a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India [syn: {ketembilla}, {kitembilla}, {kitambilla}, {ketembilla tree}, {Ceylon gooseberry}, {Dovyalis hebecarpa}] 2: maroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart- sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves [syn: {ketembilla}, {kitembilla}, {kitambilla}]