Meaning of tucuma | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A Brazilian palm (Astrocaryum aculeatum) with edible fruit.
   countable, uncountable
2. A fruit from this palm.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“His [Vinicius Cantuária’s] songs, written in Portuguese (some are composed with Mr. [Arto] Lindsay and Caetano Veloso, and all are translated into English), are as typically internal and love-fixated as the best bossa nova, but rich with allusions to Brazilian food, music and geography. (A Tucuma is a rare Amazonian fruit.)”

“There are always seasonal treats to be gathered from our land: mangoes, oranges, guavas, mandarins, nuts, and the palm fruits tucuma and acai.”

“After letting my hair air dry, I loved how the cupuacu, tucuma and Brazil nut oil came together to create a silky soft finish, with my ends feeling as if they had been freshly cut.”

“Some snack bars incremented this morning sandwich and created the “x-caboquinho” – besides the French bread roll, the margarine and the tucumã, they also add cheese and fried banana.”

“[T]ry Brazil nuts with slices of the bizarrely salty orange palm fruit tucumã (£5, serves three).”

“The combination of a buttery tapioca crepe, salty cheese, sweet banana, and the squash-like crunch of slightly bitter tucumã ticks all the boxes for me and is equally as good on a sandwich, or the famous X-Caboquinho.”

“The tucumã is an Amazonian fruit that is used as the filling for this typical Northern delicacy.”

“Depois das gravações do amanhecer, todos experimentaram o “x-caboquinho”, um sanduíche típico da culinária do Amazonas que consiste em um pão francês recheado com pedaços de tucumã, banana-pacova madura e fria, queijo coalho e manteiga.”

“In the State of Amazonas, the tucumã is the main ingredient of a typical sandwich (x-caboquinho), made with bread or tapioca (manioc flour), cheese, and fried banana.”

“In the heart of Brazil's vast Amazonas state, […] tucumã palms provide an orange fruit that's only in season from February to August.”

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