Barbadoes

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Barbados \Bar*ba"dos\ or Barbadoes \Bar*ba"does\, n.
     A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a
     cherry, etc.
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     {Barbados cherry} (Bot.), a genus of trees of the West Indies


        ({Malpighia}) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a
        cherry.
  
     {Barbados leg} (Med.), a species of elephantiasis incident to
        hot climates.
  
     {Barbados nuts}, the seeds of the {Jatropha curcas}, a plant
        growing in South America and elsewhere. The seeds and
        their acrid oil are used in medicine as a purgative. See
        {Physic nut}.
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