Akademik

naranjilla

noun

small perennial shrub cultivated in uplands of South America for its edible bright orange fruits resembling tomatoes or oranges

• Syn: ↑Solanum quitoense

• Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush

• Member Holonyms: ↑Solanum, ↑genus Solanum

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\\ˌnärənˈhēlyə\ noun (-s)

Etymology: Spanish, diminutive of naranja orange, from Arabic nāranj — more at orange

1. : a shrubby perennial herb (Solanum quitoense) cultivated in the uplands of northern So. America for its tomentose edible bright orange fruits that resemble tomatoes or small oranges

2. : the richly flavored acid fruit of the naranjilla; also : a beverage made from this fruit

Useful english dictionary. 2012.