Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Barbadoes"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Barbados \Bar*ba"dos\ or Barbadoes \Bar*ba"does\, n.
A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a
cherry, etc.

{Barbados cherry} (Bot.), a genus of trees of the West Indies
({Malpighia}) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a
cherry.

{Barbados leg} (Med.), a species of elephantiasis incident to
hot climates.

{Barbados nuts}, the seeds of the {Jatropha curcas}, a plant
growing in South America and elsewhere. The seeds and
their acrid oil are used in medicine as a purgative. See
{Physic nut}.


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