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.

Exact synonyms: Barbados-gooseberry Vine, Pereskia Aculeata
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.
Exact synonyms: Blade Apple
Generic synonyms: Edible Fruit
Group relationships: Barbados-gooseberry Vine, Pereskia Aculeata

Lexicographical Neighbors of Barbados Gooseberry

Baraitas
Barak
Baraka
Barany
Barany's caloric test
Barany's sign
Barb
Barbadian
Barbadians
Barbadoes
Barbados
Barbados-gooseberry vine
Barbados cherries
Barbados cherry
Barbados dollar
Barbados gooseberry (current term)
Barbados leg
Barbados maidenhair
Barbados pride
Barbara
Barbara Hepworth
Barbara Tuchman
Barbara Ward
Barbara Wertheim Tuchman
Barbarea
Barbarea praecox
Barbarea verna
Barbarea vulgaris
Barbarossa
Barbary

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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