miraculous fruit

miraculous fruit
noun or miraculous berry
1. : either of two tropical African fruits that have a lingering sweetish aftertaste that causes indifferent or acid foods eaten after them to taste sweet
2. : a plant yielding miraculous fruit:
a. : a small shrubby tree (Synsepalum dulcificum) of the family Sapotaceae having a fruit that is a fleshy single-seeded berry
b. : an herb (Thaumatococcus daniellii) of the family Marantaceae whose edible fruit is the jellylike aril surrounding the seeds

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miraculous fruit,
= miracle fruit. (Cf. ↑miracle fruit)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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