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araca

/ɑɹəˈsɑ/

araca noun: any of a number of Brazilian trees or the pear-like, apple-shaped guava fruits they bear: Psidium cattleyanum (syn. Psidium araca; (cherry guava, strawberry guava), or another Psidium (guava), or Mosiera guineensis (Brazilian guave), or Eugenia stipitata.

Noun

araca (plural aracas)

  1. Any of a number of Brazilian trees or the pear-like, apple-shaped guava fruits they bear: Psidium cattleyanum (syn. Psidium araca; (cherry guava, strawberry guava), or another Psidium (guava), or Mosiera guineensis (Brazilian guave), or Eugenia stipitata.
    • Of the Araca trees are great abundance, of many sorts; the fruit is certaine small Peares, […]1625, Purchas His Pilgrimes, page 1307
    • The Araca is a sort of small pear, or, at least, it more nearly resembles that than any other fruit: it is of red, yellow, or green colour; for there are of all these kinds in Brasíl, and they are extremely plentiful. This fruit is very pleasant, and is admired ...1768, The World Displayed; Or, a Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, page 8

Examples of araca in a sentence

  • Related plants are araca (Psidium araca) and guaviroba (Campomanesia virescens) the fruit of which also can be used for jelly.1925, Botanical Abstracts, page 1349:
  • I'm rather excited about is the araca, Eugenia stipitata, (referred to as araca-boi in Brazil, according to Julia Morton) which is doing marginally well to very well.1996, Tropical Fruit News, page 32:
  • According to the authors of a study from Sao Paulo, Brazil, “Guava (Psidium guajava) and araca (Psidium spp.) plants are important for the Brazilian economy,..."2012, Biological Pigments—Advances in Research and Application: 2012 Edition, ScholarlyEditions, →ISBN:

Forms of araca

pluralaracas

Origin of araca

From Old Tupi arasá, probably via Portuguese araçá.

Questions about araca

What does araca mean?
Araca means any of a number of Brazilian trees or the pear-like, apple-shaped guava fruits they bear: Psidium cattleyanum (syn. Psidium araca; (cherry guava, strawberry guava), or another Psidium (guava), or Mosiera guineensis (Brazilian guave), or Eugenia stipitata.
How do you use araca in a sentence?
Related plants are araca (Psidium araca) and guaviroba (Campomanesia virescens) the fruit of which also can be used for jelly.
What part of speech is araca?
Araca is a noun.
How do you pronounce araca?
Araca is pronounced /ɑɹəˈsɑ/.
What is the plural of araca?
The plural of araca is aracas.

Words near araca in the dictionary

  1. Arabs
  2. Arabsat
  3. Arabtino
  4. Arabtinos
  5. Araby
  6. araca
  7. araca-boi
  8. Aracaju
  9. Aracan
  10. Aracanese
  11. aracanga

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