Barbadosn.
/bɑːˈbeɪdɒs//bɑːˈbeɪdəʊz/Compounds
Barbados-cherry n. the tart fruit, resembling a cherry, of the Malpighia urens.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > other fruits > [noun]
tamarind1539
zizypha1546
guava1555
tuna1555
turpentine1562
mango1582
mammee1587
durian1588
lychee1588
sapota1589
fritter1591
mangosteen1598
custard apple1648
longan1655
mammee sapota1657
mammee apple1683
breadfruit1697
coco-plum1699
rambutan1707
pawpaw1709
locust bean1731
sapodilla1750
cherimoya1758
wild lime1767
Otaheite apple1777
narra1779
langsat1783
rose apple1790
cinnamon apple1796
sapota plum1797
bhindi1809
salak1820
gingerbread plum1824
geebung1827
loquat1829
sapodilla plum1830
sage-apple1832
kangaroo-apple1834
karaka-fruit1834
quandong1836
mombin1837
terap1839
zapote1842
tamarind plum1846
prairie pea1848
Barbados-cherry1858
kei-apple1859
Natal plum1859
bullock's heart1866
guava-apple1866
Sierra Leone peach1866
Turkey fig1866
marula1877
scarlet banana1885
Suriname cherry1895
feijoa1898
pear apple1898
ume1918
pepino1922
Chinese gooseberry1925
num-num1926
acerola1954
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > of South America or West Indies > other South American or West Indian fruits
mammee1587
coco-plum1699
water-sop1716
icaco1752
cherimoya1758
West India mango1774
vegetable pear1777
cinnamon apple1796
jaboticaba1824
butternut1827
Quito orange1846
Barbados-cherry1858
mountain mango1861
Suriname cherry1895
feijoa1898
acerola1954
1858 W. Ellis Three Visits Madagascar iv. 95 The greatest rarity to me was a fruit called Barbadoes cherry.
Barbados gooseberry n. (see quot. 1876).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cactus and allies > [noun] > other cacti
hedgehog thistle1597
Opuntia1601
mescal1709
Barbados gooseberry1756
night-flowering cereus1789
vygebosch1795
night-blooming cereus1799
rhipsalis1819
pigface1830
window plant1838
old man cactus1845
cholla1846
fish-hook cactus1846
spleenwort1846
epiphyllum1858
old man's head1858
rainbow cactus1860
green snake1864
torchwood1866
queen of the night1870
vingerpol1875
nipple cactus1876
niggerhead1877
rat's tail cactus1878
rat-tail cactus1878
Christmas cactus1880
barrel cactus1881
peyote1885
mistletoe cactus1889
schlumbergera1898
pincushion1940
opuntioid1944
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 237 Cactus 1... The Gooseberry, or Barbadoes Gooseberry Bush.
1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 626/2 Pereskia aculeata, or Barbados Gooseberry, the Cactus Pereskia of Linnæus.
Barbados leg n. a form of elephantiasis incident to hot climates.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > elephantiasis
elephantica1492
elephancy1547
elephantiasis1581
hoar-leprosya1616
joint-evil1669
cocobay1788
elephantine leprosy1843
Barbados leg1849
spargosis1867
1849 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. 1097/1 The enlargement of the extremities commonly known by the name of Barbadoes leg.
Barbados nuts n. the seeds or fruit, used as a purgative, of the Jatropha curcas, or Curcas purgans, growing in South America.
Barbados onion n. Ornithogalum scilloides.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > other plants
one-blade1578
one-leaf1578
spiderwort1597
star of Bethlehem1629
ague-grass1687
unifoil1688
redroot1709
bellwort1785
eucomisc1804
uvularia1836
paintroot1853
twisted stalk1856
Barbados onion1866
fly-poison1866
shepherd's joy1884
onion weed1909
mondo1956
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 813/2 Onion, Barbados, Ornithogalum scilloides.
Barbados pride n. a beautiful plant ( Poinciana pulcherrima) used for fences in tropical lands.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > poinciana
poinciana1731
Barbados pride1756
flower-fence1786
gulmohar1839
flamboyant1879
peacock flower1884
thread-flower1884
flamboyant tree1903
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 225 Barbadoes Pride... It now grows wild in many places about Liguanea, and makes a beautiful shew when in bloom.
1885 A. Brassey In Trades 323 Among the flowers may be mentioned..acacias, Barbadoes pride.
Barbados tar n. a kind of greenish petroleum.
Barbados-water n. a cordial flavoured with orange- and lemon-peel.
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the world > food and drink > drink > fruit juice or squash > [noun] > juice with sugar and water
imperial water1535
lemonadoc1640
lemonade1664
orangeade1672
Barbados-water1700
imperial drink1767
imperial1772
beverage1796
lemon cordial1836
citronade1840
king's cup1843
ade1861
lemon1885
limeade1892
citron pressé1916
bellywash1959
nimbu pani1961
1700 W. Congreve Way of World iv. i. 59 I banish..all Anniseed, Cinamon, Citron and Barbado's-Waters.
Derivatives
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > imprison [verb (transitive)] > transport > to the colonies
barbados1655
to send (prisoners, etc.) to the plantations1655
1655 W. Gorge Let. 31 May in Coll. State Papers J. Thurloe (1742) III. 495 The prisoners of the Tower shall, 'tis sayd, be Barbadozz'd.
1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches II. 356 Be ‘barbadoesed’, and worse.
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