Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tropical American evergreen shrub (Malpighia glabra) having pinkish flowers and red cherrylike edible fruits that are rich in vitamin C.
- noun The fruit of this plant, used to make jellies and preserves and as a nutritional supplement.
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- noun A
tree of theWest Indies and northernSouth America , Malpighia glabra. - noun The
fruit of this tree, which is high invitamin C .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries
- noun acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Vitamin C: A very potent antioxidant; use a natural form such as acerola, which contains associated micronutrients.
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Vitamin C: A very potent antioxidant; use a natural form such as acerola, which contains associated micronutrients.
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Mr. Cowell, 51 years old, sipped on his specially formulated antiaging smoothie, which he drinks daily, made with imported lingonberry, acerola berry, chokeberry and aronia juice flown in specially from exotic locations.
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Sample as many sucos fruit juices as possible; especially don't miss açai, fruta de conde, and orange juice with acerola.
Chris McGowan: Carnaval in Rio: How to Have Fun and Not Get Mugged
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Carrot Essence also contains acerola powder, a potent natural source of vitamin C made from the acerola berry.
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Carrot Essence is made from fresh-squeezed organic carrot juice and whole acerola berries and contains all the nutrients, cofactors, and diverse antioxidants found naturally in these two whole foods.
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- Sample as many sucos (fruit juices) as possible; especially don't miss açai, fruta de conde, and orange juice with acerola.
Chris McGowan: Carnaval in Rio: How to Have Fun and Not Get Mugged
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Innocent Superfoods blackcurrent, acerola cherries and rosehip smoothie.
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This new limited edition vodka is flavored with an all-natural symphony of blueberry, acai berry, acerola, cherry, and fruity notes of pomegranate.
Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent: Is The Antioxidant-Craze Crazy?
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I taste an acerola, a bracingly tart red berry that, he says, has four thousand times more vitamin C than an orange.
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