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Meaning of "acerola" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ACEROLA

From Portuguese.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ACEROLA

ˌæsəˈrəʊlə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACEROLA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Acerola is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ACEROLA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Malpighia emarginata

Malpighia emarginata is a tropical fruit-bearing shrub or small tree in the family Malpighiaceae. Common names include acerola, Barbados cherry, West Indian cherry and wild crepe myrtle. Acerola is native to South America, southern Mexico, and Central America, but is now also being grown as far north as Texas and in subtropical areas of Asia, such as India. It is known for being extremely rich in vitamin C, almost as much as camu camu, although it also contains vitamins A, B1, B2, and B3, as well as carotenoids and bioflavonoids, which provide important nutritive value and have antioxidant uses. The vitamin C produced by the fruit is better absorbed by humans than synthetic ascorbic acid.

Definition of acerola in the English dictionary

The definition of acerola in the dictionary is a small tree or shrub, Malpighia glabra, that grows in the rainforests of N South America, Central America, and Jamaica. Other definition of acerola is the small, soft, bright red fruit of this tree, which looks like a cherry but has a sharp flavour.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACEROLA

Angola · bankroller · bola · cola · comptroller · controller · enroller · logroller · patroller · proler · proller · reroller · roadroller · rocknroller · roller · solar · steamroller · stroller · troller · victrolla

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACEROLA

acephalous · acequia · acer · acerate · acerb · acerbate · acerbic · acerbically · acerbities · acerbity · acerose · acerous · acervate · acervation · acervulus · acescence · acescency · acescent · acetabula · acetabulum

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACEROLA

Agricola · canola · Coca-Cola · Coppola · Ebola · gondola · granola · kola · Loyola · mola · parabola · pergola · Pola · pyrola · Savonarola · tola · Tortola · viola · vola · Zola

Synonyms and antonyms of acerola in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «acerola» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ACEROLA

Find out the translation of acerola to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of acerola from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «acerola» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

针叶
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

acerola
570 millions of speakers
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English

acerola
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

Acerola
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كرز هندي
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

ацеролы
278 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Portuguese

acerola
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

অ্যাসেরোলা
260 millions of speakers
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Translator English - French

acérola
220 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Malay

Acerola
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Acerola
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

アセロラ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

아세로라
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Javanese

Acerola
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sơ ri
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

அகெரோலா
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

एसेरोला
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

açerola
70 millions of speakers
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acerola
65 millions of speakers
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Acerola
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

ацероли
40 millions of speakers
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Acerola
30 millions of speakers
el

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acerola
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

acerola
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Acerola
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

acerola
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of acerola

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about acerola

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACEROLA»

Discover the use of acerola in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to acerola and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Plants in Human Health and Nutrition Policy
Acerola has also been widely introduced into tropical regions of Asia and Africa [ 6]. Nutritional Value of Acerola Phytochemical Content/Nutritional Value Recent research suggests that ascorbic acid from natural sources such as acerola is ...
Artemis P. Simopoulos, C. Gopalan, 2003
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Handbook of Fruit Science and Technology: Production, ...
The acerola grows as an attractive plant with dark, glossy green leaves. Under optimum growing conditions, the plant may attain a height of 5 m and a spread of 4 m. Normally, it bears a large crop of waxy, bright red cherrylike fruit during the ...
D. K. Salunkhe, S.S. Kadam, 1995
3
Herbal Principles in Cosmetics: Properties and Mechanisms of ...
Nutrition—A fruit which beats oranges in vitamin C. Ingens Bull 2:30–31. 2. de Medeiros R. 1969. Proportion of ascorbic, dehydroascorbic and diketogulonic acids in green or ripe acerola (Malpighia punicifolia). Rev Bras Med 26:398–400. 3.
Bruno Burlando, Luisella Verotta, Laura Cornara, 2010
4
Principles and Practices of Small- and Medium-scale Fruit ...
Acerola (Malpighia punicifolia L), known as Barbados Cherry due to the fruit's appearance, has the distinction of having exceptionally high ascorbic acid levels (Figure 15.5). Green mature fruit, although inedible, contain over 3 percent ...
Richard Pierce Bates, J. R. Morris, P. G. Crandall, 2001
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Prescription for Herbal Healing
Angina. As an exceptionally rich source of vitamin C, acerola helps people who must use nirroglycerin tablets to avoid becoming habituated to the drug, requiring larger and larger doses. The vitamin C in acerola also helps prevent orthostatic ...
Phyllis A. Balch, 2002
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Tropical and Subtropical Fruits: Postharvest Physiology, ...
chemical tests) 17 carotenoids in acerola fruits analyzed at the color break, fully colored, and overripe stages. The average composition of the ripe fruit had 5.4 μg /g β-carotene, 4.2 μg/g β-cryptoxanthin, 1.0 μg/g lutein, 3.9 μg/g violaxanthin, ...
Muhammad Siddiq, 2012
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CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops
ECOLOGY: Ranging from Subtropical Dry to Wet through Tropical Very Dry to Moist Forest Life Zones, acerola is reported to tolerate annual precipitation of 6.4 to 40.3 dm (mean of 15 cases = ca 18 dm), annual temperature of 21.3° to 26.6°C  ...
James A. Duke, 1993
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North American Cornucopia: Top 100 Indigenous Food Plants
Acerola concentrates can now be found in many over-the-counter multivitamin supplements. Recent research in cosmetology suggests that vitamin C is also useful for skin, and acerola extracts are now appearing in skin care products claiming ...
Ernest Small, 2013
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Vegetarian Times
U Proven 1 3 Times Better than any other Vitamin C According to scientific research at a renowned university, Mega Food Vitamin C is 13 times* better absorbed than "natural" Rose Hips or Acerola Vitamin C. Based on this data we estimate ...
10
Vegetarian Times
According to scientific research at a renowned university, Mega Food Vitamin C is 13 times* better absorbed than "natural" Rose Hips or Acerola Vitamin C. Based on this data we estimate that one tablet of Mega Food C-400 provides at least ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACEROLA»

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Popping off: Put frozen ice pops on your holiday to-do list
... Super Green with kale, lemon and ginger, and Coconut Pineapple, made with acerola, a South American super fruit loaded with vitamin C. «Monterey County Herald, Jul 15»
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The Beauty Drop: Clarins Mission Perfection Serum
Extracts of acerola (of the cherry) which help to block these "bad messengers". There's also extracts of gingko biloba in there which promote a healthy natural ... «Her.ie, Jun 15»
3
Research delivers insight into the fruit concentrates and puree …
Other products that are traded internationally are acerola from Brazil, Cherimoya from Venezuela and Brazil, Lychee from Brazil and starfruit. «WhaTech, Jun 15»
4
UMOYO NATURAL HEALTH COLUMN: Baobab - another amazing …
... the very best food sources of vitamin C in the world, with only a handful of foods - including kakadu plums, camu camu, acerola, and rosehips ... «postzambia.com, Jun 15»
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Exotic 'superfood' cafe coming soon to Brea
... the increasingly crowded field of acai cafes, Vitality also offers bowls of tropical super fruits such as graviola, pitaya (dragon fruit) and acerola. «OCRegister, Jun 15»
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June 2015 Restaurant News!
Guests can choose from five refreshing flavors: acerola, mango, guava, coconut and Mio's signature Puerto Rican coffee. The flavored shaved ... «Examiner.com, Jun 15»
7
Superfruits Are Still Super
They were thus dubbed "superfruits."” At first, the moniker referred mostly to exotic fruits, such as acai, goji, currants, mangosteen, acerola, etc. «Food Processing, May 15»
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Visa Breakthrough Could Boost Travel to Brazil Through Atlanta
... partaken of a traditional breakfast with cheese bread, pamonha, fubá cake and acerola juice at the Consulate General of Brazil in Buckhead. «GlobalAtlanta, May 15»
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"Kizumonogatari" Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade …
Ready for donuts. Ready for 3D. But, not quite ready for the big screen. Even if there's still now news on the status of Shaft' project to "Koyomi ... «Crunchyroll News, May 15»
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Ojai Energetics Enters World Markets With Hemp/CBD Oils and …
Super CBD carries Moringa: A superfood loaded with Vitamin A, C, Calcium, and bioavailable minerals; Acerola Cherry a fair trade superfood ... «MarketWatch, May 15»
REFERENCE
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