acerola

See also: acérola

English

Etymology

From Spanish acerola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ.səˈɹəʊ.lə/

Noun

acerola (plural acerolas)

1. A tree of the West Indies and northern South America, .
2. The fruit of this tree, which is high in vitamin C.

Translations

fruit

• Arabic: كَرْز هِنْدِيّ f (karz hindiyy)
• Bengali: অ্যাসেরোলা (ǣserola)
• Catalan: acerola f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西印度櫻桃／西印度樱桃, 西印度樱桃 (Xī-Yìndù yīngtáo), 阿西羅拉／阿西罗拉, 阿西罗拉 (Āxīluólā), 巴貝多櫻桃／巴贝多樱桃, 巴贝多樱桃 (Bābèiduō yīngtáo)

• Estonian: malpiigiat
• Finnish: barbadoksenakerola, barbadoskirsikka
• French: acérola (fr) m
• Georgian: აცეროლა (acerola)
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• Greek: ασερόλα f (aseróla)
• Latvian: malpīgiju
• Lithuanian: malpigija
• Polish: acerola (pl) f, wiśnia z Barbados f
• Portuguese: acerola (pt) f
• Romanian: acerola (ro) f
• Russian: ацерола f (acerola)
• Spanish: acerola (es) f, semeruco m
• Ukrainian: ацероли f (aceroly)

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Portuguese

Noun

acerola f (plural s)

1. acerola

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (azza 'rúra), from Classical (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic زُعْرُورَة (zuʕrūra), ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Classical Syriac ܥܙܪܪܬܐ (ʿazrārtāʾ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aθeˈɾola/ [a.θeˈɾo.la]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /aseˈɾola/ [a.seˈɾo.la]

Noun

acerola f (plural acerolas)

1. azarole, the fruit of the acerolo, Crataegus azarolus.
2. acerola

Usage notes

• Acerola originated as a word for the azerole (Crataegus azarolus), but was applied to after Europeans found it in the New World. Since the azerole is little known outside of Europe, usage in the Americas seems to almost entirely indicate Malpighia rather than Crataegus.

Related terms

• acerolo

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001