Barbados

n.

1.

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.

Noun	1.	Barbados - a parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados; former British colony; a popular resort area
	2.	Barbados - easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles north of Venezuela

Bridgetown, capital of Barbados, Caribbean, country, land, state