01 n. A small shrubby spiny tree (Dovyalis hebecarpa) cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasking like gooseberries; it…
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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.
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A maroon-purple gooseberrylike fruit of India having a tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves.
Syn.
ketembilla, kitembilla, ketembilla tree, Ceylon gooseberry, Dovyalis hebecarpa. — Syn. -- ketembilla, kitembilla.