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1. Tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries
   - barbados cherry, acerola, West Indian cherry, Malpighia glabra
    
2. Brazilian tree with spicy red fruit; often cultivated in California and Florida
   - pitanga, Eugenia uniflora

1. Acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C
   - acerola, barbados cherry, West Indian cherry

Derived forms: surinam cherries

Type of: berry, dicot, dicotyledon, exogen, fruit tree, magnoliopsid

Part of: Eugenia, genus Eugenia

Encyclopedia: Surinam cherry