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/ˌmæ.sə.ɹænˈduː.bə/ · noun
A tropical hardwood tree, Manilkara bidentata, native to South America which produces edible fruit..
The massaranduba is not the only species known as palo de vaca, or cow-tree. There are many others so called, whose sap is of a milky nature.
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.
Then the huge reddish trunks of massarandubas began to slide past us, their lofty crowns matting together so thickly that they seemed to make a solid roof.
Use massaranduba when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Massaranduba means A tropical hardwood tree, Manilkara bidentata, native to South America which produces edible fruit..
Common synonyms include ausubo, balata, bulletwood, bully tree.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The massaranduba is not the only species known as palo de vaca, or cow-tree. There are many others so called, whose sap is of a milky nature.
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