an evergreen tropical tree, Myrciaria cauliflora, that is native to the West Indies and Brazil and which has white flowers and purple fruit
2.
the purple grapelike fruit of this tree
jaboticaba in American English
(ʒəˌbuːtɪˈkɑːbə)
noun
an evergreen tree, Myrciaria cauliflora, of the Myrtle family, native to southern Brazil, bearing on the trunk small clusters of edible, grapelike fruit
Word origin
[1815–25; ‹ Pg jabuticaba ‹ Tupi iauoti kaua]This word is first recorded in the period 1815–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: diorama, norm, pullout, treadmill, welterweight
Examples of 'jaboticaba' in a sentence
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Jaboticaba peels are an important source of antioxidant molecules such as phenolic compounds.
Heloisa da S. Pitz, Aline Pereira, Mayara B. Blasius, Ana Paula L. Voytena, ReginaC. L. Affonso, Simone Fanan, Adriana C. D. Trevisan, Rosa M. Ribeiro-do-Valle, MarceloMaraschin 2016, 'In Vitro Evaluation of the Antioxidant Activity and Wound Healing Properties of Jaboticaba(Plinia peruviana) Fruit Peel Hydroalcoholic Extract', Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevityhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3403586. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Water extracts of jaboticaba seeds showed concentration-dependent antiproliferative effects.
Wen-Hung Wang, Yu-Chang Tyan, Zong-Shiow Chen, Ching-Gong Lin, Ming-Hui Yang, Shyng-ShiouYuan, Wan-Chi Tsai 2014, 'Evaluation of the Antioxidant Activity and Antiproliferative Effect of the Jaboticaba(Myrciaria cauliflora) Seed Extracts in Oral Carcinoma Cells', BioMed Research Internationalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/185946. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Results indicated the feasibility of technological nutritional harnessing of the jaboticaba peel in obtaining jelly.
Nísia Andrade Villela Dessimoni-Pinto, Walkiria Alves Moreira, Leandro de Morais Cardoso,Lílian Araújo Pantoja 2011, 'Jaboticaba peel for jelly preparation: an alternative technology', Food Science and Technologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612011000400006&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The greatest preservation of chemical constituents occurs in the lyophilized jaboticaba skins.
Ana Paula de C. Alves, Angelita Duarte Corrêa, Flávia Cíntia de Oliveira, Eder PedrozaIsquierdo, Celeste Maria Patto de Abreu, Flávio Meira Borém 2014, 'Influence of drying temperature on the chemical constituents of jaboticaba (PliniaJaboticaba (Vell.) Berg) skin', Acta Scientiarum: Technologyhttp://186.233.154.254/ojs/index.php/ActaSciTechnol/article/view/19305. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Treatments with wax and calcium did not improve the jaboticaba shelf life.
Talita Pimenta do Nascimento, José Emílio Bettiol Neto, Renato Alves Pereira, InarAlves de Castro, Edvan Alves Chagas, Franco Maria Lajolo, Beatriz Rosana Cordenunsi 2013, 'Effect of thinning on flower and fruit and of edible coatings on postharvest qualityof jaboticaba fruit stored at low temperature', Food Science and Technologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612013000300006&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Jaboticaba fruits packaged into tereftalato polyethylene trays (12x20x5cm) and not corvered with plastic film were used as controls.
Maria Amalia Brunini, Antonio Luis de Oliveira, Cleyton Alberto Ramos Salandini, FlavioRodrigo Bazzo 2004, 'Influência de embalagens e temperatura no armazenamento de jabuticabas (Myrciariajabuticaba (Vell) Berg) cv 'SABARÁ' Packaging and temperature influences on the storageof jaboticaba (Myrciaria jabuticaba (Vell) Berg) fruits cv.'SABARÁ'', Food Science and Technologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612004000300013. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Fermented jaboticaba bagasse flour can be incorporated into rice flour to produce pre-gelatinized flour if appropriate operational conditions are used.
Diego Palmiro Ramirez Ascheri, José Luis Ramírez Ascheri, Carlos Wanderlei Pillerde Carvalho 2006, 'Caracterização da farinha de bagaço de jabuticaba e propriedades funcionais dos extrusadosCharacterization of jaboticaba bagasse flour and functional properties of extrudates',Food Science and Technologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612006000400029. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The reproductive treatments showed that jaboticaba are self-compatible species and no apomixis was found in these species.
Regina Célia Freitas Vilela, José Geraldo de Aquino Assis, Lamartine Nóbrega Filho,Blandina Felipe Viana 2012, 'Sistema reprodutivo e diversidade genética de quatro espécies de Myrciaria (Myrtaceae,jabuticabeiras) Reproductive system and genetic diversity of four species of Myrciaria(Myrtaceae, jabuticabeiras)', Acta Botânica Brasílicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062012000400002. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Five muffin formulations containing different levels of jaboticaba skin flour were prepared: 0% (standard), 4.5%, 9%, 13.5% and 18%.
Jéssica Micheletti, Jaqueline Machado Soares, Bruna Callegari Franco, Izabella RenattaAlmeida de Carvalho, Camila Jordão Candido, Elisvânia Freitas dos Santos, Daiana Novello 2018, 'The addition of jaboticaba skin flour to muffins alters the physicochemical compositionand their sensory acceptability by children', Brazilian Journal of Food Technologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-67232018000100439&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)