1.
[syn: jaboticaba, jaboticaba tree, Myrciaria cauliflora]
2. tough-skinned purple grapelike tropical fruit grown in Brazil;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
jaboticaba \jaboticaba\ n.
1. A small evergreen tropical tree (Myrciaria cauliflora)
native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into
southern U. S.; it is grown in Brazil for its edible
tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along
the branches.
Syn: jaboticaba tree, Myrciaria cauliflora.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. The tough-skinned purple grapelike tropical fruit of the
jaboticaba tree (Myrciaria cauliflora), grown in Brazil.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
jaboticaba
n 1: small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West
Indies but introduced into southern United States; grown in
Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit
that grows all along the branches [syn: jaboticaba,
jaboticaba tree, Myrciaria cauliflora]
2: tough-skinned purple grapelike tropical fruit grown in Brazil