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pitanga

pitanga

9.9
A Brazilian tree with small red fruit you can eat
  • noun
  • /pɪˈtæŋɡə/
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  • The pitanga bears bright red fruits that are both sweet and tart when fully ripe.

Examples

  • I tasted a fresh pitanga for the first time while visiting Brazil.

  • Gardeners in Florida often plant pitanga trees for their ornamental and edible value.

  • I love pitanga!

  • The pitanga fruit is delicious.

  • Gardeners in Florida often plant pitanga trees for their ornamental and edible value.

  • I tasted a fresh pitanga for the first time while visiting Brazil.

  • The pitanga bears bright red fruits that are both sweet and tart when fully ripe.

Synonyms

Eugenia uniflora
vspitanga
  • Specialized
9.6

A tropical Brazilian plant with red or orange fruit often used for jam

is the same species but described as a subtropical tree with spicy red fruit
Surinam cherry
vspitanga
8.4

A tropical tree or shrub that makes small tart cherry-like fruit

is a Brazilian subtropical tree noted for spicy aromatic red fruit

How Tart

cranberry
61 1.4
pitanga
9.9
cherry
141 1.0
mango
34 1.0

Surface Forms

pitanga singular
pitangas plural

Etymology

Pitanga comes from Brazilian Portuguese and from the native Tupi word that meant 'red'. So the name fits today because pitanga is a bright red fruit, like a small cherry, and the tree that makes it.