n. 1. A small shrubby spiny tree (Dovyalis hebecarpa) cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasking like gooseberries; it is native to Sri Lanka and India. Syn. -- ketembilla, kitembilla, ketembilla tree, Ceylon gooseberry, Dovyalis hebecarpa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
2. A maroon-purple gooseberrylike fruit of India having a tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves. Syn. -- ketembilla, kitembilla. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
[とうほく(P);ひがしきた, touhoku (P); higashikita](n) (1) north-east; (2) (とうほく only) (See 東北地方) Tohoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); (P)#1619[Add to Longdo]