| NOUN | plant | Ceylon gooseberry, ketembilla, kitembilla, kitambilla, ketembilla tree, Dovyalis hebecarpa | a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries |
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| Meaning | A small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India. | |
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| Synonyms | ketembilla, kitembilla, kitambilla, ketembilla tree, Dovyalis hebecarpa | |
| Member of | Dovyalis, genus Dovyalis | small genus of sometimes spiny shrubs or small trees |
| Parts | ketembilla, kitembilla, kitambilla | maroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves |
| Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
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