pitangueira

plural pitangueiras

1. A Suriname cherry tree, Eugenia uniflora, native to the east coast of South America.

   The pitangueira, or pitangua tree, is very abundant; peaches are not met with.

   1821, James Henderson, A History of the Brazil, page 141

   2 more examples

   In the distance, above the crotons, the branches of the mango, ficus, guava, and pitangueira trees in the garden, the sun was turning the sea as blinding white as a sheet of steel.

   1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 421

   Due to the easy adaptation of pitangueira trees (Eugenia uniflora Linneus), this species is widely distributed in South American countries, and in several states in Brazil.

   2021, Maria Margarida Cortez Vieira, Lorenzo Pastrana, José Aguilera, Sustainable Innovation in Food Product Design, page 6