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uvaria

/juːˈvɛə.ri.ə/
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Plural:uvarias
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uvaria Lexical Profile

• noun

1

Any climbing shrub or woody liana of the genus Uvaria in the custard-apple family (Annonaceae), native to the Old World tropics of Africa, Asia, and Australia, characterized by star-shaped flowers and grape-like clusters of fruit.

2

The edible, sweet-and-sour, fleshy berry produced in grape-like clusters by several species of the tropical shrub genus Uvaria (such as Uvaria rufa or Uvaria chamae), harvested locally as a wild fruit in parts of tropical Africa and Southeast Asia.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Uvaria. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/uvaria
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