aroeira

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noun

The California pepper tree (actually native to South America, not California) (Schinus molle).

OriginBrazilian Portuguese aroeira →
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Meanings

nounaroeira (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe California pepper tree (actually native to South America, not California) (Schinus molle).
    1 more example

    In another study carried out with andiroba (Carapa guianensis) and aroeira (Schinus molle) oils, solubilization of oily phase with organic solvent allowed only to obtain coarse emulsions; nanoemulsions (respectively with mean droplet around 240 and 130 nm) could finally be produced by a further high pressure homogenization step [52 ].

    2016 January 8, “Development of a Larvicidal Nanoemulsion with Pterodon emarginatus Vogel Oil”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
  2. uncountableAny of the trees of genera Schinus and Astronium.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
california pepper tree

Origin

  1. Brazilian Portuguesearoeira
  2. Brazilian Portuguesearoeira
  3. Englisharoeira

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese aroeira.

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Cite this entry
APA

aroeira. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aroeira

MLA

“aroeira.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aroeira. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aroeira,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aroeira.

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