Barbados gooseberry

Barbados gooseberry

n. In both senses also called blade apple.

1. A tropical American cactus (Pereskia aculeata) with climbing or trailing spiny stems, broad leaves, and clusters of fragrant whitish, pale yellow, or pinkish flowers.

2. The small, globular, yellow edible fruit of this plant, used to make jellies and preserves.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Barbados gooseberry - West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits Barbados-gooseberry vine, Pereskia aculeata blade apple, Barbados gooseberry - small yellow to orange fruit of the Barbados gooseberry cactus used in desserts and preserves and jellies 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 vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
	2.	Barbados gooseberry - small yellow to orange fruit of the Barbados gooseberry cactus used in desserts and preserves and jellies blade apple edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh Barbados gooseberry, Barbados-gooseberry vine, Pereskia aculeata - West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits