dovyalis hebecarpa

2 definitions found

dovyalis hebecarpa - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  kitambilla \kitambilla\ n.
     1. 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.
  
     Syn: ketembilla, kitembilla, ketembilla tree, Ceylon
          gooseberry, Dovyalis hebecarpa.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. A maroon-purple gooseberrylike fruit of India having a
        tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves.
  
     Syn: ketembilla, kitembilla.
          [WordNet 1.5]

dovyalis hebecarpa - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Dovyalis hebecarpa
      n 1: a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple
           fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri
           Lanka and India [syn: ketembilla, kitembilla,
           kitambilla, ketembilla tree, Ceylon gooseberry,
           Dovyalis hebecarpa]