acai berry

English

Alternative forms

açai berry, açaí berry

Etymology

From Brazilian Portuguese açaí (from Old Tupi) + berry.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.saˈiː.ˈbɛɹi/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

acai berry (plural acai berries)

A fruit that grows on the Brazilian wild palmberry tree, Euterpe olearacea, used for nutritive support as an antioxidant. It is similar in size to a grape.

Translations

fruit

Chinese:
Mandarin: 巴西莓 (bāxīméi)
Esperanto: asaio
Finnish: acai-marja, acai-hedelmä
French: açaï (fr) m
German: Açaíbeere f
Japanese: アサイー (asaī)
Korean: 아사이베리 (asaiberi)
Portuguese: açaí (pt) m

Further reading

acai berry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Euterpe oleracea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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