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Barbadoes

{

Bar-ba′dos

or

Bar-ba′does

}
,
Noun.
A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc.
Barbados cherry
(Bot.)
,
a genus of trees of the West Indies (
Malpighia
) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a cherry.
Barbados leg
(Med.)
,
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
.

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Barbadoes

Barbadoes

English

Proper noun

Barbadoes

  1. Archaic spelling of Barbados.

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