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Barbadoes
(gcide) | Barbados \Bar*ba"dos\ or Barbadoes \Bar*ba"does\, n.
A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a
cherry, etc.
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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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Barbadoes cherries
(gcide) | Malpighia \Mal*pi"ghi*a\, n. [NL. See Malpighian.] (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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Barbadoes cherry
(gcide) | Cherry \Cher"ry\ (ch[e^]r"r[y^]), n. [OE. chery, for cherys, fr.
F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L.
cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. keraso`s, perh. fr. ke`ras horn,
from the hardness of the wood.]
1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also
includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony
stone;
(a) The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which
several hundred varieties are cultivated for the
fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart,
black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke
(corrupted from M['e]doc in France).
(b) The wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black
cherry), valued for its timber; Prunus Virginiana
(choke cherry), an American shrub which bears
astringent fruit; Prunus avium and Prunus Padus,
European trees (bird cherry).
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2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors
and flavors.
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3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry,
used in cabinetmaking, etc.
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4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry.
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Barbadoes cherry. See under Barbadoes.
Cherry bird (Zool.), an American bird; the cedar bird; --
so called from its fondness for cherries.
Cherry bounce, cherry brandy and sugar.
Cherry brandy, brandy in which cherries have been steeped.
Cherry laurel (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Prunus
Lauro-cerasus}) common in shrubberies, the poisonous
leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds.
Cherry pepper (Bot.), a species of Capsicum ({Capsicum
cerasiforme}), with small, scarlet, intensely piquant
cherry-shaped fruit.
Cherry pit.
(a) A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a
hole. --Shak.
(b) A cherry stone.
Cherry rum, rum in which cherries have been steeped.
Cherry sucker (Zool.), the European spotted flycatcher
(Musicapa grisola); -- called also cherry chopper
cherry snipe.
Cherry tree, a tree that bears cherries.
Ground cherry, Winter cherry, See Alkekengi.
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Barbadoes gooseberry
(gcide) | Gooseberry \Goose"ber*ry\, n.; pl. Gooseberries, [Corrupted
for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F.
groseille, -- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere,
kr[aum]uselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie
(as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie,
fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusb[aum]r (fr. krus, krusing, crisp).
The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. curl. Cf.
Grossular, a.]
1. (Bot.) Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the
edible berries of such shrub. There are several species,
of which Ribes Grossularia is the one commonly
cultivated.
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2. A silly person; a goose cap. --Goldsmith.
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Barbadoes gooseberry, a climbing prickly shrub ({Pereskia
aculeata}) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries
resembling gooseberries.
Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola.
Gooseberry fool. See 1st Fool.
Gooseberry worm (Zool.), the larva of a small moth
(Dakruma convolutella). It destroys the gooseberry by
eating the interior.
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