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WEST INDIAN CHERRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C
Synonyms:
acerola; barbados cherry; surinam cherry; West Indian cherry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries
Synonyms:
acerola; barbados cherry; Malpighia glabra; Surinam cherry; West Indian cherry
Classified under:
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)
