Barbados

n.
  1. A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc.
    2. 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.