Jaboticaba

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  jaboticaba \jaboticaba\ n.
     1. A small evergreen tropical tree ({Myrciaria cauliflora})
        native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into
        southern U. S.; it is grown in Brazil for its edible
        tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along
        the branches.


  
     Syn: jaboticaba tree, {Myrciaria cauliflora}.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. The tough-skinned purple grapelike tropical fruit of the
        jaboticaba tree ({Myrciaria cauliflora}), grown in Brazil.
        [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jaboticaba
       n 1: 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 [syn: {jaboticaba
            tree}, {Myrciaria cauliflora}]
       2: tough-skinned purple grape-like tropical fruit grown in
          Brazil