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araca

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ɑɹəˈsɑ/
  • /əˈɹɑsə/

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of a number of Brazilian trees or the pear-like, apple-shaped guava fruits they bear: Psidium cattleyanum (syn. Psidium araca; (cherry guava, strawberry guava), or another Psidium (guava), or Mosiera guineensis (Brazilian guave), or Eugenia stipitata.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2006, CWI Haminiuk, MR Sierakowski, JRMB Vidal, MI Masson, Influence of temperature on the rheological behaviour of whole araca pulp (Psidium cattleianum Sabine), in Food Sci. Technol. 39, cited in 2015, Seema Patel, Emerging Bioresources with Nutraceutical and Pharmaceutical Prospects, Springer (→ISBN), page 12

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Old Tupi arasá, probably via Portuguese araçá.