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Jaboticaba

//d͡ʒæbɒtɪˈkɑːbə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The evergreen Brazilian grape tree, Myrciaria cauliflora, a fruit-bearing tree native to Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
  2. 2
    tough-skinned purple grapelike tropical fruit grown in Brazil wordnet
  3. 3
    Its fruit, purplish-black with a white pulp, which can be eaten raw or used in jellies and drinks.

    "If you don't have jaboticabas, use red grapes, but make sure they are an old-fashioned seedy, intensely flavoured variety."

  4. 4
    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 wordnet

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jaβoti 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”).

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