Barbados-gooseberry vine
- noun
- UK
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vid de Barbados
- Small yellow fruits hung from the spiny stems of the old Barbados-gooseberry vine by the wall.
Examples
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She admired the clusters of fragrant white flowers on the Barbados-gooseberry vine at the botanical garden.
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The Barbados-gooseberry vine grows rapidly in tropical gardens, twining over fences and trellises.
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The Barbados-gooseberry vine grows abundantly in tropical climates.
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Many gardeners appreciate the beautiful flowers of the Barbados-gooseberry vine.
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She admired the clusters of fragrant white flowers on the Barbados-gooseberry vine at the botanical garden.
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Small yellow fruits hung from the spiny stems of the old Barbados-gooseberry vine by the wall.
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The Barbados-gooseberry vine grows rapidly in tropical gardens, twining over fences and trellises.
Synonyms
A woody climbing plant with spiny stems, white fragrant flowers, and small orange-yellow fruit
A woody climbing plant from the West Indies with spiny stems, fragrant white flowers and small orange fruits
Surface Forms
Morphology
Barbados-gooseberry + vine
The compound combines a place name + fruit name with the noun 'vine', so a learner who knows 'Barbados', 'gooseberry', and 'vine' can infer it is a climbing plant that bears Barbados gooseberries. This follows common compound-naming patterns (place/plant + vine) found cross-linguistically, making the meaning directly derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Barbados-gooseberry vine is named for the island Barbados and for its small, round fruits that look like a gooseberry. So the name tells you it is a vine from Barbados with gooseberry-like fruit.
