Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun surinam_cherry

3 senses of surinam cherry

Sense 1
barbados cherry, acerola, Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry, Malpighia glabra -- (tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries)
       => dicot, dicotyledon, magnoliopsid, exogen -- (flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside)

Sense 2
Surinam cherry, pitanga, Eugenia uniflora -- (Brazilian tree with spicy red fruit; often cultivated in California and Florida)
       => fruit tree -- (tree bearing edible fruit)

Sense 3
acerola, barbados cherry, surinam cherry, West Indian cherry -- (acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C)
       => berry -- (any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves)