What is "jaboticaba"

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.

2. The tough-skinned purple grapelike tropical fruit of the jaboticaba tree ( Myrciaria cauliflora), grown in Brazil.

n. 1 The evergreen Brazilian grape tree, (taxlink Myrciaria cauliflora species noshow=1), a fruit-bearing tree native to Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. 2 Its fruit, purplish-black with a white pulp, which can be eaten raw or used in jelly and drinks.

1. n. 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