acerola

From Spanish acerola.

• IPA^(key): /æ.səˈɹəʊ.lə/

acerola (plural acerolas)

1. A tree of the West Indies and northern South America, Malpighia glabra.
2. The fruit of this tree, which is high in vitamin C.

acerola f (plural acerolas)

1. acerola

From Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (azza 'rúra), from Classical Arabic زُعْرُورَة‎ (zuʿrūra), ultimately from Classical Syriac ܥܙܪܪܬܐ‎ (ʿazrārtāʾ).

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /aθeˈɾola/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /aseˈɾola/

acerola f (plural acerolas)

1. azarole, the fruit of the acerolo, Crataegus azarolus.
2. acerola

• Acerola originated as a word for the azerole (Crataegus azarolus), but was applied to Malpighia emarginata after Europeans found it in the New World. Since the azerole is little known outside of Europe, usage in the Americas seems to almost entirely indicate Malpighia rather than Crataegus.

• acerolo

• “acerola” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.