What is "kitambilla"

kitambilla \kitambilla\ n.

1. A small shrubby spiny tree ( Dovyalis hebecarpa) cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasking like gooseberries; it is native to Sri Lanka and India.

   Syn: ketembilla, kitembilla, ketembilla tree, Ceylon gooseberry, Dovyalis hebecarpa.

2. A maroon-purple gooseberrylike fruit of India having a tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves.

   Syn: ketembilla, kitembilla.

1. n. small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasking like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India [syn: ketembilla, kitembilla, 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]