imbuzeiro

English

Etymology

From Portuguese imbuzeiro.

Noun

imbuzeiro (plural imbuzeiros)

1. The hog plum, Spondias mombin, native to the tropical Americas.
   • 1819, Robert Southey, History of Brazil, Part 3, p. 757:

     Travellers upon this journey have sometimes perished for thirst, and sometimes owed their lives to the Imbuzeiro,—a remarkable tree, with which bountiful Providence has blessed the most arid regions of Brazil […] .

   • 1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 289:

     Rudino sees the albino girl, still sitting on the ground, and two black vultures at the top of an imbuzeiro, clearing their throats like old men.