west indian cherry

1. 1.

   tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries

   Synonymsbarbados cherryacerolaSurinam cherryMalpighia glabra

   Broaderdicot

   Partsacerola
2. 2.

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

   Synonymsacerolabarbados cherrysurinam cherry

   Broaderberry

   Part ofbarbados cherry

Questions about west indian cherry

What does west indian cherry mean?

west indian cherry means "tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for west indian cherry?

Close synonyms include barbados cherry, acerola, Surinam cherry, Malpighia glabra, acerola. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is west indian cherry a common word?

west indian cherry is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.