Definition of Kitembilla

1. Noun. A small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India.

Exact synonyms: Ceylon Gooseberry, Dovyalis Hebecarpa, Ketembilla, Ketembilla Tree, Kitambilla
Terms within: Ketembilla, Kitambilla
Group relationships: Dovyalis, Genus Dovyalis
Generic synonyms: Tree

2. Noun. Maroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kitembilla

kiteboarding
kiteboards
kited
kitefin
kitefin shark
kiteflying
kiteless
kitelike
kitemaker
kitemakers
kitemaking
kitemark
kitemarked
kitemarking
kitemarks
kitembilla (current term)
kitenge
kitenges
kiter
kiters
kites
kitesurf
kitesurfed
kitesurfer
kitesurfers
kitesurfing
kitesurfs
kith
kith and kin
kith and kine

Literary usage of Kitembilla

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Circular by Puerto Rico Federal Experiment Station, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station (Mayaguez) (1918)
"30, 0) Flacourtiaceae The kitembilla is a native of Ceylon. It is occasionally cultivated in other tropical regions primarily for its fruit which is high in ..."

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