miraculous fruit

American  

noun

1. miracle fruit.

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Etymology

Origin of miraculous fruit

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

By lunchtime, the whole place was a seething mass of men, women, and children all pushing and shoving to get a glimpse of this miraculous fruit.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl

He taught the use of the miraculous fruit, and the demand for it soon became so great as to render the cultivation of the tree necessary.

From The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain by Taylor, Bayard