mangaba
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The round, edible fruit of the tree Hancornia speciosa, native to parts of South America.
Example Sentences
- "The cajue, the jabuticaba, the araticu, and the mangaba fruits are common; also oranges, limes, bananas, pine-apples, and water-melons."
- "Once the Counselor rose to his feet, the women of the Sacred Choir offered him a bowlful of goat's milk, a bit of bread, a dish of boiled cornmeal, and a basketful of mangabas."
- "The soft, thinskinned fruits of mangaba are gathered from contorted, often fireblackened trees on savannas."
Etymology
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese mangaba.