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noun
The evergreen Brazilian grape tree, Myrciaria cauliflora, a fruit-bearing tree native to Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Its fruit, purplish-black with a white pulp, which can be eaten raw or used in jellies and drinks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
tough-skinned purple grapelike tropical fruit grown in Brazil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: edible fruit
noun
small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States; grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: jaboticaba tree, Myrciaria cauliflora
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fruit tree
History
Etymology tree Old Tupi îaboti Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaβ Proto-Tupian *-ap Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ? Old Tupi -a Old Tupi kaba Old Tupi îabutikababor. Brazilian Portuguese jabuticababor. English jaboticaba Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese jaboticaba (also spelt jabuticaba), from Old Tupi îabutikaba (“jaboticaba fruit”, literally “jabuti fat”).
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
