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Definition of Barbados gooseberry
1. Noun. West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits.
Terms within: Blade Apple
Group relationships: Genus Peireskia, Genus Pereskia, Peireskia, Pereskia
Generic synonyms: Vine
2. Noun. Small yellow to orange fruit of the Barbados gooseberry cactus used in desserts and preserves and jellies.
Generic synonyms: Edible Fruit
Group relationships: Barbados-gooseberry Vine, Pereskia Aculeata
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barbados Gooseberry
Literary usage of Barbados gooseberry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cactaceae: Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose (1919)
"Lemon vine, barbados gooseberry, and West Indian gooseberry are three others,
with various French and Dutch modifications. In Argentina it is called ..."
2. Timehri: The Journal of the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of edited by Everard Ferdinand Im Thurn, John Joseph Quelch, James Rodway (1889)
"... barbados gooseberry (Pereskia aculeata), strawberry tree, the arbutus of
Europe, and Pistachio (Pistacia vera) which have been introduced into Florida, ..."
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