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Definition of Jaboticaba tree
1. Noun. 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.
Terms within: Jaboticaba
Group relationships: Genus Myrciaria, Myrcia, Myrciaria
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jaboticaba Tree
Literary usage of Jaboticaba tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1914)
"Barbosa Rodrigues considered the jaboticaba tree the most handsome of all the
Myrtaceae. Under favorable conditions it grows to a height of 35 or 40 feet, ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"... or jaboticaba tree, occurs not only in the wild state in various parts of
Minas Geraes, Sâo Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and adjoining states, but is commonly ..."
3. Plant Inventory by Agricultural Research Center-West (U.S.), United States Division of Botany, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Agricultural Research Service, United States Dept. of Agriculture, United States, United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Northeastern Regi (1914)
"... or 'jaboticaba tree.' The name is usually pronounced here at Rio de Janeiro
as though spelled ja-bu-ti-ca-ba, with t}- - accent on the fourth syllable. ..."
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