buriti
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An orange-red fruit with soft pulp often eaten fresh or used in cooking
- noun
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pulpa de burití
- The creamy pulp of buriti is rich in vitamins and often used in desserts.
Examples
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She enjoyed a juice made from buriti after her hike in the rainforest.
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Vendors at the market sold fresh buriti alongside other tropical fruits.
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I love eating buriti fresh from the tree.
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The buriti fruit is rich in vitamins.
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The creamy pulp of buriti is rich in vitamins and often used in desserts.
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Vendors at the market sold fresh buriti alongside other tropical fruits.
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She enjoyed a juice made from buriti after her hike in the rainforest.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Buriti comes from an Indigenous language of Brazil and was used for the palm's orange fruit, so people called the pulp by the same name. That's why buriti can mean the edible fruit or creamy pulp you eat.
