jaboticaba
[ zhuh-boo-ti-kah-buh ]
noun
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
11815–25; <Portuguese jabuticaba<Tupi iauoti kaua
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