|  acerola 
 
 1. tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries
 • Syn:
 barbados cherry, Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry, Malpighia glabra
 • Hypernyms:
 dicot, dicotyledon, magnoliopsid, exogen
 • Part Meronyms:
 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
 • Syn:
 barbados cherry, surinam cherry, West Indian cherry
 • Hypernyms:
 berry
 • Part Holonyms:
 barbados cherry, Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry, Malpighia glabra
 
 
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