guabiroba
guabiroba Lexical Profile
• noun
A small, yellow or orange-green edible fruit with a sweet, aromatic, and slightly tart flavor, native to South America (particularly Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay).
"Local markets in southern Brazil often sell fresh guabiroba during the brief harvest season in late spring."
A medium-sized tree of the myrtle family that produces the guabiroba fruit, naturally occurring in the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado biomes of South America.
"The guabiroba is prized not only for its delicious fruit but also for its hard wood and the medicinal properties of its bark."
• Rhymes for guabiroba
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed into English from Portuguese, which ultimately derives from the Tupi-Guarani 'wa'bi roba', meaning 'bitter food' or 'bitter fruit', referring to the slightly astringent taste of the fruit's skin.
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