barbados : Idioms & Phrases

• noun tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries
  acerola; West Indian cherry; Malpighia glabra; Surinam cherry.
  
• noun acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C
  acerola; West Indian cherry; surinam cherry.
  

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

Webster 1913

• noun the basic unit of money in Barbados
  

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• noun West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits
  Pereskia aculeata; Barbados gooseberry.
  
• noun small yellow to orange fruit of the Barbados gooseberry cactus used in desserts and preserves and jellies
  blade apple.
  

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• (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.

Webster 1913

• noun named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered
  Farley maidenhair fern; Adiantum tenerum farleyense; glory fern; Farley maidenhair.
  

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• noun East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
  coralwood; Adenanthera pavonina; red sandalwood; coral-wood; peacock flower fence.
  

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• noun West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits
  Pereskia aculeata; Barbados gooseberry.
  

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• noun capital of Barbados; a port city on the southwestern coast of Barbados
  Bridgetown.
  

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• noun tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
  paradise flower; Poinciana pulcherrima; flamboyant tree; Caesalpinia pulcherrima.
  

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