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Myrciaria cauliflora

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.