BARBADOS GOOSEBERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Barbados gooseberry mean? 

• BARBADOS GOOSEBERRY (noun)
  The noun BARBADOS GOOSEBERRY has 2 senses:

1. West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits

2. small yellow to orange fruit of the Barbados gooseberry cactus used in desserts and preserves and jellies

  Familiarity information: BARBADOS GOOSEBERRY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BARBADOS GOOSEBERRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Barbados-gooseberry vine; Barbados gooseberry; Pereskia aculeata

Hypernyms ("Barbados gooseberry" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Meronyms (parts of "Barbados gooseberry"):

Barbados gooseberry; blade apple (small yellow to orange fruit of the Barbados gooseberry cactus used in desserts and preserves and jellies)

Holonyms ("Barbados gooseberry" is a member of...):

genus Peireskia; genus Pereskia; Peireskia; Pereskia (genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat leaves and large panicles of flowers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small yellow to orange fruit of the Barbados gooseberry cactus used in desserts and preserves and jellies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

Barbados gooseberry; blade apple

Hypernyms ("Barbados gooseberry" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("Barbados gooseberry" is a part of...):

Barbados-gooseberry vine; Barbados gooseberry; Pereskia aculeata (West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits)