Found 2 items, similar to Malpighia glabra.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Malpighia glabra
Malpighia glabra
n : tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit
resembling cherries [syn:
barbados cherry,
acerola,
Surinam cherry
,
West Indian cherry]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Malpighia glabra
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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