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aroeira

aroeira noun: the California pepper tree (actually native to South America, not California) (Schinus molle).

Noun

aroeira (uncountable)

  1. The California pepper tree (actually native to South America, not California) (Schinus molle).
    • In another study carried out with andiroba (Carapa guianensis) and aroeira (Schinus molle) oils, solubilization of oily phase with organic solvent allowed only to obtain coarse emulsions; nanoemulsions (respectively with mean droplet around 240 and 130 nm) could finally be produced by a further...2016 January 8, “Development of a Larvicidal Nanoemulsion with Pterodon emarginatus Vogel Oil”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
  2. Any of the trees of genera Schinus and Astronium.

Origin of aroeira

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese aroeira.

Questions about aroeira

What does aroeira mean?
Aroeira means the California pepper tree (actually native to South America, not California) (Schinus molle).
What part of speech is aroeira?
Aroeira is a noun.

Words near aroeira in the dictionary

  1. Aroche
  2. Aroches
  3. Arocho
  4. Arochos
  5. Arochukwu
  6. aroeira
  7. aroena
  8. aroenas
  9. aroflux
  10. arofylline
  11. arogenate

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