pitangueira
English
Etymology
From Portuguese pitangueira.
Noun
pitangueira (plural pitangueiras)
- A Suriname cherry tree, Eugenia uniflora, native to the east coast of South America.
- 1821, James Henderson, A History of the Brazil, p. 141:
- The pitangueira, or pitangua tree, is very abundant; peaches are not met with.
- 1984, Helen R. Lane, translating Mario Vargas Llosa, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society 2012, p. 421:
- In the distance, above the crotons, the branches of the mango, ficus, guava, and pitangueira trees in the garden, the sun was turning the sea as blinding white as a sheet of steel.
- 2021, Maria Margarida Cortez Vieira, Lorenzo Pastrana, José Aguilera, Sustainable Innovation in Food Product Design, p. 6:
- Due to the easy adaptation of pitangueira trees (Eugenia uniflora Linneus), this species is widely distributed in South American countries, and in several states in Brazil.
- 1821, James Henderson, A History of the Brazil, p. 141:
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