acai berry

English

A bottle of acai oil near some acai berries.

Alternative forms

• açai berry, açaí berry

Etymology

From Brazilian Portuguese açaí (from Old Tupi) + berry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.saˈiː.ˈbɛɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

acai berry (plural acai berries)

1. A fruit that grows on the Brazilian wild palmberry tree, Euterpe olearacea, used for nutritive support as an antioxidant. It is similar in size to a grape.

Translations

fruit

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴西莓 (bāxīméi)

• Esperanto: asaio
• Finnish: acai-marja, acai-hedelmä
• French: açaï (fr) m
• German: Açaíbeere f
• Japanese: アサイー (asaī)
• Korean: 아사이베리 (asaiberi)
• Portuguese: açaí (pt) m

Further reading

• acai berry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Euterpe oleracea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies