Acerola

Acerola (Malpighia glabra), also known as Barbados cherry or wild crapemyrtle, is a tropical fruit-bearing shrub or small tree in the family Malpighiaceae, native to the West Indies and northern South America and also cultivated in India. It grows to 3 m tall, with a dense, thorny crown. The leaves are evergreen, simple ovate-lanceolate, 5-10 cm long, with an entire margin. The flowers are produced in umbels of 2-5 together, each flower 1-1.5 cm diameter, with five pink or red petals.
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Noun
1. tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries
(synonym) barbados cherry, Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry, Malpighia glabra
(hypernym) dicot, dicotyledon, magnoliopsid, exogen
(part-meronym) barbados cherry, surinam cherry, West Indian cherry
2. acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C
(synonym) barbados cherry, surinam cherry, West Indian cherry
(hypernym) berry
(part-holonym) barbados cherry, Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry, Malpighia glabra

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