Etymology

araca

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Today it means: Any of a number of Brazilian trees or the pear-like, apple-shaped guava fruits they bear: Psidium cattleyanum (syn. Psidium araca; (cherry guava, strawberry guava), or another Psidium (guava), or Mosiera guineensis (Brazilian guave), or Eugenia stipitata. Full definition →

Old Tupi arasá ← Portuguese araçá
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The story

  1. Portuguese · derived fromaraçá
  2. Old Tupi · derived fromarasá
  3. English todayaraca

From Old Tupi arasá, probably via Portuguese araçá.

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