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WEST INDIAN CHERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does West Indian cherry mean? 

WEST INDIAN CHERRY (noun)
  The noun WEST INDIAN CHERRY has 2 senses:

1. tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherriesplay

2. acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin Cplay

  Familiarity information: WEST INDIAN CHERRY used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WEST INDIAN CHERRY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

acerola; barbados cherry; Malpighia glabra; Surinam cherry; West Indian cherry

Hypernyms ("West Indian cherry" is a kind of...):

dicot; dicotyledon; exogen; magnoliopsid (flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside)

Meronyms (parts of "West Indian cherry"):

acerola; barbados cherry; surinam cherry; West Indian cherry (acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

acerola; barbados cherry; surinam cherry; West Indian cherry

Hypernyms ("West Indian cherry" is a kind of...):

berry (any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves)

Holonyms ("West Indian cherry" is a part of...):

acerola; barbados cherry; Malpighia glabra; Surinam cherry; West Indian cherry (tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries)


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