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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mal·pi·ghi·a n.  Bot. A genus of tropical American shrubs with opposite leaves and small white or reddish flowers. The drupes of Malpighia glabra (formerly Malpighia urens) are eaten under the name of Barbadoes cherries.

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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Malpighia glabra
      n : tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit
          resembling cherries [syn: barbados cherry, acerola, {Surinam
          cherry, West Indian cherry]