HyperDic: kitembilla

English > 2 senses of the word kitembilla:
NOUNplantkitembilla, ketembilla, kitambilla, ketembilla tree, Ceylon gooseberry, Dovyalis hebecarpaa small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries
foodkitembilla, ketembilla, kitambillamaroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves
English > kitembilla: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
MeaningA small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India.
Synonymsketembilla, kitambilla, ketembilla tree, Ceylon gooseberry, Dovyalis hebecarpa
Member ofDovyalis, genus Dovyalissmall genus of sometimes spiny shrubs or small trees
Partsketembilla, kitembilla, kitambillamaroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves
BroadertreeA tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown
English > kitembilla: 2 senses > noun 2, food
Meaningmaroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves.
Synonymsketembilla, kitambilla
Part ofketembilla, kitembilla, kitambilla, ketembilla tree, Ceylon gooseberry, Dovyalis hebecarpaA small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries
Broaderedible fruitedible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh

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