Word Meanings - BARBADOSBARBADOES - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

• Islander
  An inhabitant of an island.
• Physicochemical
  Involving the principles of both physics and chemistry; dependent on, or produced by, the joint action of physical and chemical agencies.
• Plantation
  The act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for growth.
• Resemblant
  Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling.
• Southeastern
  Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly.
• Diseased
  of Disease
• Southron
  An inhabitant of the more southern part of a country; formerly, a name given in Scotland to any Englishman.
• Fruiting
  Pertaining to, or producing, fruit.
• AMERICANPLAN
  In hotels, aplan upon which guests pay for both room and board by the day, week, or other convenient period; -- contrasted with European plan.
• Grower
  One who grows or produces; as, a grower of corn; also, that which grows or increases; as, a vine may be a rank or a slow grower.
• Islandy
  Of or pertaining to islands; full of islands.
• Physicologic
  Logic illustrated by physics.
• Plant-cane
  A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon.
• Resembled
  of Resemble
• Southeastward
  Alt. of Southeastwardly
• Diseasedness
  The state of being diseased; a morbid state; sickness.
• Southsay
  See Soothsay.
• Fruition
  Use or possession of anything, especially such as is accompanied with pleasure or satisfaction; pleasure derived from possession or use.
• AMERICANPROTECTIVEASSOCIATION
  A secret organization in the United States, formed in Iowa in 1887, ostensibly for the protection of American institutions by keeping Roman Catholics out of public office. Abbrev. commonly to A.
• Growled
  of Growl

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