ketembilla n 1: small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasking like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India [syn: {kitembilla}, {kitambilla}, {ketembilla tree}, {Ceylon gooseberry}, {Dovyalis hebecarpa}] 2: maroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves [syn: {kitembilla}, {kitambilla}]