[kit-uh
m-bil-uh] 
| a shrub or small tree, Dovyalis hebecarpa, of India and Sri Lanka, having velvety, maroon-purple fruit. |
| kitambilla | |
noun | |
| 1. | a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India [syn: ketembilla] |
| 2. | maroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves [syn: ketembilla] |