The Collaborative International Dictionary
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
n. tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries [syn: acerola, Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry, Malpighia glabra]
acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C [syn: acerola, surinam cherry, West Indian cherry]
Usage examples of "barbados cherry".
They had cut the grass, trimmed the Barbados cherry hedges, and lopped off some of the lower limbs of the smelly melaleuca tree in the front yard.
As he stepped through a break in the Barbados cherry hedge between the two yards, the front door opened and Garcia came out, hanging on to a struggling, giggling woman.
There was a picket fence around the back yard, and a Barbados cherry hedge had been planted against the fence.