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    BARBADOS-GOOSEBERRY VINE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruitsplay

    Synonyms:

    Barbados-gooseberry vine; Barbados gooseberry; Pereskia aculeata

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Barbados-gooseberry vine" is a kind of...):

    vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

    Meronyms (parts of "Barbados-gooseberry vine"):

    Barbados gooseberry; blade apple (small yellow to orange fruit of the Barbados gooseberry cactus used in desserts and preserves and jellies)

    Holonyms ("Barbados-gooseberry vine" is a member of...):

    genus Peireskia; genus Pereskia; Peireskia; Pereskia (genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat leaves and large panicles of flowers)

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