ketembilla
- noun
- Indian
- The farmer decided to plant a row of ketembilla shrubs along the garden fence.
Examples
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The ketembilla plant thrives in warm climates.
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Children enjoy the sweet, tangy taste of fresh ketembilla picked straight from the shrub.
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The market was selling homemade jams made from ripe ketembillas.
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Have you ever tasted a ketembilla fruit?
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Children enjoy the sweet, tangy taste of fresh ketembilla picked straight from the shrub.
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The farmer decided to plant a row of ketembilla shrubs along the garden fence.
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The market was selling homemade jams made from ripe ketembilla.
Synonyms
A small spiny tree from Sri Lanka and India that has purple fruit with sweet, tart flesh
A small spiny shrub from India and Sri Lanka that produces dark red, tart fruit like a gooseberry
A small spiny shrub that makes sweet purple berries like gooseberries
A small spiny shrub that grows in India and Sri Lanka and has dark purple fruit
A small spiny tree from India and Sri Lanka that has dark purple fruit with sweet tart pulp
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Etymology
Ketembilla is the local name in Sri Lanka and India for a small, spiny shrub that produces a maroon-purple, gooseberry-like fruit. So, remembering a little shrub that grows tart-sweet 'gooseberries' helps you recall that ketembilla refers to the plant itself.