west indian cherry

Noun west indian cherry has 2 senses

• west indian cherry(n = noun.plant) acerola, barbados cherry, malpighia glabra, surinam cherry - tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries;
has parts: acerola, barbados cherry, surinam cherry, west indian cherry
is a kind of dicot, dicotyledon, exogen, magnoliopsid

• west indian cherry(n = noun.food) acerola, barbados cherry, surinam cherry - acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C;
is a kind of berry
is a part of acerola, barbados cherry, malpighia glabra, surinam cherry, west indian cherry