Meanings
plural pitombas
- Talisia esculenta, a South American tree.
- The sweetish-sour brown-skinned fruit of Talisia esculenta.
Lucretia had made it a point not to eat anything she hadn't tasted first in Louisiana, believing she could be poisoned by the unfamiliar milky goiabas, pungent jambos, prickly graviolas, or acidy pitombas.
1984, Gay Courter, River of Dreams
Origin
- Old Tupipitomba
- Portuguesepitomba
- Englishpitomba
Borrowed from Portuguese pitomba, from Old Tupi pitomba.
More words from Portuguese, Old Tupi
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Persian گاوچشم
- گاوچشمTranslations
Portuguese pitomba
- pitombaTranslations
Cite this entry
pitomba. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pitomba
“pitomba.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pitomba. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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