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Found 1 definition: barbados.

Pos: Noun

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun barbados has 2 senses

1. barbados(n = noun.location) - a parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados; former British colony; a popular resort area;
is a kind of country, land, state
is a part of caribbean, barbados
has parts: bridgetown, capital of barbados
Derived form adjective barbadian₁

2. barbados(n = noun.location) - easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles to the north of Venezuela;
is a kind of island
is a part of caribees, lesser antilles
has parts: barbados
is a member of oas, organization of american states
Derived form adjective barbadian₁

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

barbados, n.

A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc. [1913 Webster]

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.