Barbados
Barbados ({not transcribed}) , noun
A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc.
Collocations (3)
Barbados cherry (Botany) , a genus of trees of the West Indies (Malpighia) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a cherry.
Barbados leg (Medicine) , 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.
Also: Barbadoes