jaboticaba

[ zhuh-boo-ti-kah-buh ]

noun
  1. an evergreen tree, Myrciaria cauliflora, of the Myrtle family, native to southern Brazil, bearing on the trunk small clusters of edible, grapelike fruit.

Origin of jaboticaba

1
1815–25; <Portuguese jabuticaba<Tupi iauoti kaua

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