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ketembilla

ketembilla

9.9
A small spiny shrub grown in India and Sri Lanka that produces maroon-purple fruit
  • noun
  • Indian
translation icon : ketembilla
  • The farmer decided to plant a row of ketembilla shrubs along the garden fence.

Examples

  • The ketembilla plant thrives in warm climates.

  • Children enjoy the sweet, tangy taste of fresh ketembilla picked straight from the shrub.

  • The market was selling homemade jams made from ripe ketembillas.

  • Have you ever tasted a ketembilla fruit?

  • Children enjoy the sweet, tangy taste of fresh ketembilla picked straight from the shrub.

  • The farmer decided to plant a row of ketembilla shrubs along the garden fence.

  • The market was selling homemade jams made from ripe ketembilla.

Synonyms

ketembilla tree
vsketembilla
  • Indian
9.9

A small spiny shrub that makes sweet purple berries like gooseberries

is identical in meaning but differs only in the form of the label
kitembilla
vsketembilla
  • Indian
9.9

A small spiny shrub that grows in India and Sri Lanka and has dark purple fruit

describes pulp more generally as sweet and gooseberry like
kitambilla
vsketembilla
  • Indian
9.9

A small spiny tree from India and Sri Lanka that has dark purple fruit with sweet tart pulp

describes it as a smaller shrub form rather than a taller tree
Ceylon gooseberry
vsketembilla
8.0

A small spiny tree from Sri Lanka and India that has purple fruit with sweet, tart flesh

uses botanical description without regional common name
Dovyalis hebecarpa
vsketembilla
  • Specialized
9.9

A small spiny shrub from India and Sri Lanka that produces dark red, tart fruit like a gooseberry

uses a general common description rather than a strictly scientific label

Compounds

9.9

A small spiny shrub that makes sweet purple berries like gooseberries

Surface Forms

ketembilla singular
ketembillas plural

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.