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Barbadoes
Barbados Bar*ba"dos or Barbadoes Bar*ba"does, n. 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.
Barbadoes gooseberry
Gooseberry Goose"ber*ry, n.; pl. Gooseberries, [Corrupted for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F. groseille, -- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere, kr["a]uselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie (as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie, fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusb["a]r (fr. krus, krusing, crisp). The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. curl. Cf. Grossular, a.] 1. (Bot.) Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the edible berries of such shrub. There are several species, of which Ribes Grossularia is the one commonly cultivated. 2. A silly person; a goose cap. --Goldsmith. Barbadoes gooseberry, a climbing prickly shrub (Pereskia aculeata) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries resembling gooseberries. Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola. Gooseberry fool. See lst Fool. Gooseberry worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a small moth (Dakruma convolutella). It destroys the gooseberry by eating the interior.
Gambadoes
Gambadoes Gam*ba"does, n. pl. [I. or Sp. gamba leg. See Gambol, n.] Same as Gamashes. His thin legs tenanted a pair of gambadoes fastened at the side with rusty clasps. --Sir W. Scott.

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- Yaba Badoe (born 1954) is a Ghanaian-British do****entary filmmaker, journalist and author. Yaba Badoe was born in 1954 in Tamale, northern Ghana. She left...
- billionaires globally, as well as being the key financial hub of the US. Badoe, Etta (November 11, 2015). "1664 New Amsterdam becomes New York Dutch rulers...
- Adwoa Badoe is a Ghanaian teacher, writer, and dancer based in Guelph, Canada. Adwoa is an author who focuses on writing for children and young adults...
- Kate Victoria Teiba Abbam, born Ewura Ekua Badoe (24 October 1934 – May 2016) was a Ghanaian journalist, editor and consultant on women and development...
- E. A. Badoe was an Emeritus Professor in surgery at the University of Ghana Medical School. He was educated at Achimota School. Prior to the first medical...
- Lord Surry, in the time of Charles II., and since corrupted to Surinam. Badoe, Etta (11 November 2015). "1664 New Amsterdam becomes New York Dutch rulers...
- a film by Yaba Badoe" Archived 30 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine, official website. Ellerson, Beti (December 2013), "Yaba Badoe talks about the...
- of West Africa". Salon.com. 24 October 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2017. Badoe, Yaba (25 November 2010). "Ghana: the Witches of Gambaga". The Guardian...
- In Gambaga, the women are given protection by the local chieftain. Yaba Badoe made a do****entary film, The Witches of Gambaga about the alleged witches...
- of a camp for alleged witches. A 2011 do****entary film directed by Yaba Badoe is entitled The Witches of Gambaga. Wikimedia Commons has media related...