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 Bar·ba·dos or Bar·ba·does  n. A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc.
 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.
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 barbados cherry
      n 1: tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit
           resembling cherries [syn: 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, surinam
         cherry, West Indian cherry]