jaboticaba tree

noun

1. small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States; grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches

   Synonyms

   • jaboticaba, Myrciaria cauliflora

   Less specific

   • fruit tree

   Parts

   • jaboticaba

   Member of

   • Myrciaria, genus Myrciaria, Myrcia