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BARBADOS-GOOSEBERRY VINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Barbados-gooseberry vine mean?
• BARBADOS-GOOSEBERRY VINE (noun)
The noun BARBADOS-GOOSEBERRY VINE has 1 sense:
1. West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits
Familiarity information: BARBADOS-GOOSEBERRY VINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BARBADOS-GOOSEBERRY VINE (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 vine" 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 vine"):
Barbados gooseberry; blade apple (small yellow to orange fruit of the Barbados gooseberry cactus used in desserts and preserves and jellies)
Holonyms ("Barbados-gooseberry vine" 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)
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