The Collaborative International Dictionary
Myrciaria cauliflora
jaboticaba \jaboticaba\ n.
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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.
The tough-skinned purple grapelike tropical fruit of the jaboticaba tree ( Myrciaria cauliflora), grown in Brazil.