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superfruit en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Latin frūctus Old French fruitbor. Middle English fruyt English fruit English superfruit From super- + fruit.

Meanings

1. A superfood that is a fruit; any fruit supposed to confer remarkable health benefits.
   • This lemon, grown by Robert Jennings of Downey, California, weighs five pounds and is eight inches tall and twenty-three inches around. Genetic engineering could produce such superfruits consistently. 1986, Walter G. Oleksy, Miracles of Genetics, Childrens Press, →ISBN, page 17:
   • Among his picks: Superfruits. With summer long gone, it may not seem a good time to be pitching fruit. But three of Pratt's new power foods are fruits that are currendy in season — pomegranates, kiwis and apples. 2005, Newsweek, Newsweek, page 79:
   • Pomegranates, those cheerful round red fruits often seen in wintertime fruit bowls, have quickly gained a reputation as superfruits, so thoroughly packed are they with antioxidants, especially deep red anthocyanins. 2009, Nancy Harmon Jenkins, The New Mediterranean Diet Cookbook: A Delicious Alternative for Lifelong Health, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 410:
   • Goji berries are often marketed as a superfruit.

Forms

Coordinates

supervegetable

Hyponyms

superberry

Translations (4)

es superfruta (superfood that is a fruit) · cmn 超級水果 /超级水果 (superfood that is a fruit) · pl superowoc (superfood that is a fruit) · fi superhedelmä (superfood that is a fruit)