"araca" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɑɹəˈsɑ/, /əˈɹɑsə/ Forms: aracas [plural]
Etymology: From Old Tupi arasá, probably via Portuguese araçá. Etymology templates: {{der|en|tpw|arasá}} Old Tupi arasá, {{der|en|pt|araçá}} Portuguese araçá Head templates: {{en-noun}} araca (plural aracas)
  1. 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. Related terms: araca-boi
    Sense id: en-araca-en-noun-xldkRxrN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The Araca is a sort of small pear, or, at least, it more nearly resembles that than any other fruit: it is of red, yellow, or green colour; for there are of all these kinds in Brasíl, and they are extremely plentiful. This fruit is very pleasant, and is admired ...",
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          "text": "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 ...",
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          "ref": "1996, Tropical Fruit News, page 32:",
          "text": "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.",
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