{ Bar‐ba″dosorBar‐ba″does } (�), n. A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc.
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.