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jaboticaba en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /d͡ʒæbɒtɪˈkɑːbə/
  • jăbŏtĭkäʹbə
  • (Brazil) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Old Tupi îaboti Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaβ Proto-Tupian *-ap Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ? Old Tupi -a Old Tupi kaba Old Tupi îabutikababor. Brazilian Portuguese jabuticababor. English jaboticaba Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese jaboticaba (also spelt jabuticaba), from Old Tupi îabutikaba (“jaboticaba fruit”, literally “jabuti fat”).

Meanings

  1. The evergreen Brazilian grape tree, Myrciaria cauliflora, a fruit-bearing tree native to Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
  2. Its fruit, purplish-black with a white pulp, which can be eaten raw or used in jellies and drinks.
    • If you don't have jaboticabas, use red grapes, but make sure they are an old-fashioned seedy, intensely flavoured variety. 2010, Clare Richards, Tropical Cuisine: Cooking in Clare's Kitchen, Wet Season Press, →ISBN, page 183:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
jabuticaba alternative lexicographic
jaboticabas Number=Plur lexicographic

Descendants

ジャボチカバ

Relateds

jabuti

Translations (8)

fi brasilianrypälemyrtti (Myrciaria cauliflora) · pt jabuticaba (Myrciaria cauliflora) · cmn 嘉寶果 /嘉宝果 (Myrciaria cauliflora) · cmn 木葡萄 (Myrciaria cauliflora) · cmn 擬愛神木 /拟爱神木 (Myrciaria cauliflora) · cmn 樹葡萄 /树葡萄 (Myrciaria cauliflora) · ja ジャボチカバ (Myrciaria cauliflora) · kk жаботикаба (Myrciaria cauliflora)