Araca
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɑɹəˈsɑ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Araca is a noun meaning 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.
Meaning
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.
Example Sentences
Of the Araca trees are great abundance, of many sorts; the fruit is certaine small Peares, […]
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,..."
The fruit is recommended to those having lung troubles. It produces an excellent jelly. Related plants are araca (Psidium araca) and guaviroba (Campomanesia virescens) the fruit of which also can be used for jelly. When the araca is .
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. I planted about three hundred out, and I have about eight that are doing very well.
Word Forms
- aracas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include araca-boi, guava, andiroba, guayaba, guaver, acai.
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