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maceranduba

maceranduba is the archaic form of massaranduba.

Meaning of massaranduba

Noun

massaranduba (plural massarandubas)

  1. A tropical hardwood tree, Manilkara bidentata, native to South America which produces edible fruit.
    • The famous polo de vaca, or "cow-tree" of South America, called massaranduba by the natives, belongs to the natural order of the Atrocarpads, which, by what might appear a curious coincidence, includes also the celebrated bread-fruit.1882, “A vegetable cow”, in The Iowa Normal Monthly; A Magazine Devoted to Education, volume 6, Dubuque, Iowa: Iowa Normal Monthly Pub. Co., →OCLC, page 422

Questions about maceranduba

What is maceranduba the archaic form of?
Maceranduba is the archaic form of massaranduba.

Words near maceranduba in the dictionary

  1. macemen
  2. macer
  3. Macera
  4. maceral
  5. macerals
  6. maceranduba
  7. Maceras
  8. Macerata
  9. macerate
  10. macerated
  11. macerater

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