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Bar·ba·dos
/bɑrˈbe(ˌ)dos, dəs, (ˌ)doz/
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From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Bar·ba·dos
or
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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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
Barbados
n
1:
a
parliamentary
democracy
on
the
island
of
Barbados
;
former
British
colony
;
a
popular
resort
area
2:
easternmost
of
the
West
Indies
about
300
miles
north
of
Venezuela
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