naranjilla
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English
Etymology
From Spanish naranjilla.
Noun
naranjilla (plural naranjillas)
- Solanum quitoense, a subtropical perennial plant from northwestern South America.
- The edible fruit of this plant.
Spanish
Etymology
From naranja (“orange”) + -illa.
Pronunciation
- Syllabification: na‧ran‧ji‧lla
Noun
naranjilla f (plural naranjillas)
- a naranjilla (subtropical plant)
- a naranjilla (fruit)
- Synonyms: lulo, quito quito
Further reading
- “naranjilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28