barbados

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Noun

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Bar=ba=dos

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun barbados has 2 senses

barbados(n = noun.location) - a parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados; former British colony; a popular resort area;

is a part of caribbean, barbados

has parts: bridgetown, capital of barbados

Derived form adjective barbadian₁

barbados(n = noun.location) - easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles to the north of Venezuela;

is a member of

oas

organization of american states

is a part of caribees, lesser antilles

has parts: barbados

is a kind of island

Derived form adjective barbadian₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

barbados, n.

A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc. [1913 Webster]

Barbados cherry (Bot.), a genus of trees of the West Indies (Malpighia) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a cherry. -- Barbados leg (Med.), a species of elephantiasis incident to hot climates. -- Barbados nuts, the seeds of the Jatropha curcas, a plant growing in South America and elsewhere. The seeds and their acrid oil are used in medicine as a purgative. See Physic nut.