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Webster 1913 Edition
Barbadoes
{
, Bar-ba′dos
orBar-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
.