Myrciaria cauliflora n 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 [syn: {jaboticaba}, {jaboticaba tree}, {Myrciaria cauliflora}]
jaboticaba \jaboticaba\ n. 1. A small evergreen tropical tree ({Myrciaria cauliflora}) native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern U. S.; it is grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches. Syn: jaboticaba tree, {Myrciaria cauliflora}. [WordNet 1.5] 2. The tough-skinned purple grapelike tropical fruit of the jaboticaba tree ({Myrciaria cauliflora}), grown in Brazil. [WordNet 1.5]