Kitambilla

2 definitions found

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

  kitambilla \kitambilla\ n.
     1. A small shrubby spiny tree ({Dovyalis hebecarpa})
        cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple
        pulp tasking like gooseberries; it is native to Sri Lanka
        and India.
  


     Syn: ketembilla, kitembilla, ketembilla tree, Ceylon
          gooseberry, {Dovyalis hebecarpa}.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. A maroon-purple gooseberrylike fruit of India having a
        tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves.
  
     Syn: ketembilla, kitembilla.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kitambilla
       n 1: small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple
            fruit with sweet purple pulp tasking like gooseberries;
            Sri Lanka and India [syn: {ketembilla}, {kitembilla}, {ketembilla
            tree}, {Ceylon gooseberry}, {Dovyalis hebecarpa}]
       2: maroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having
          tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves [syn:
           {ketembilla}, {kitembilla}]