kitembilla

kitembilla
/kit'euhm bil"euh/, n.
a shrub or small tree, Dovyalis hebecarpa, of India and Sri Lanka, having velvety, maroon-purple fruit.
Also, kitambilla. Also called Ceylon gooseberry.
[ < Sinhalese kätämbilla]

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  • kitembilla — noun 1. a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India • Syn: ↑ketembilla, ↑kitambilla, ↑ketembilla tree, ↑Ceylon gooseberry, ↑Dovyalis hebecarpa • Hypernyms …   Useful english dictionary

  • Ceylon gooseberry — kitembilla. * * * …   Universalium

  • kitambilla — noun 1. a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India • Syn: ↑ketembilla, ↑kitembilla, ↑ketembilla tree, ↑Ceylon gooseberry, ↑Dovyalis hebecarpa • Hypernyms …   Useful english dictionary

  • ketembilla — noun 1. a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India • Syn: ↑kitembilla, ↑kitambilla, ↑ketembilla tree, ↑Ceylon gooseberry, ↑Dovyalis hebecarpa • Hypernyms …   Useful english dictionary

  • Ceylon gooseberry — noun a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India • Syn: ↑ketembilla, ↑kitembilla, ↑kitambilla, ↑ketembilla tree, ↑Dovyalis hebecarpa • Hypernyms: ↑tree …   Useful english dictionary

  • Dovyalis hebecarpa — kitambilla kitambilla n. 1. A small shrubby spiny tree ({Dovyalis hebecarpa}) cultivated for its maroon purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasking like gooseberries; it is native to Sri Lanka and India. Syn: ketembilla, kitembilla, ketembilla… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Dovyalis hebecarpa — kitambilla kitambilla n. 1. A small shrubby spiny tree ({Dovyalis hebecarpa}) cultivated for its maroon purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasking like gooseberries; it is native to Sri Lanka and India. Syn: ketembilla, kitembilla, ketembilla… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • kitambilla — n. 1. A small shrubby spiny tree ({Dovyalis hebecarpa}) cultivated for its maroon purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasking like gooseberries; it is native to Sri Lanka and India. Syn: ketembilla, kitembilla, ketembilla tree, Ceylon gooseberry …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Dovyalis hebecarpa — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudi …   Wikipedia

  • Dovyalis hebecarpa — noun a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India • Syn: ↑ketembilla, ↑kitembilla, ↑kitambilla, ↑ketembilla tree, ↑Ceylon gooseberry • Hypernyms: ↑tree …   Useful english dictionary

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