massaranduba

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese maçaranduba, from Old Tupi masarandyba. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌmæ.sə.ɹænˈduː.bə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmæ.sə.ɹænˈdu.bə/ Hyphenation: mas‧sa‧ran‧du‧ba === Noun === massaranduba (plural massarandubas) A tropical hardwood tree, Manilkara bidentata, native to South America which produces edible fruit. Synonyms: ausubo, balata, bulletwood, bully tree, cow-tree 1867, [Thomas] Mayne Reid, Afloat in the Forest, or, A Voyage among the Tree-tops, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, OCLC 9379166; republished New York, N.Y.: T. R. Knox, 1884, OCLC 24617541, page 157: The massaranduba is not the only species known as palo de vaca, or cow-tree. There are many others so called, whose sap is of a milky nature. ==== Translations ====