aroeira

English

Noun

aroeira (uncountable)

1. The California pepper tree (actually native to South America, not California) (Schinus molle).
   • 2016 January 8, “Development of a Larvicidal Nanoemulsion with Pterodon emarginatus Vogel Oil”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     In another study carried out with andiroba (Carapa guianensis) and aroeira (Schinus molle) oils, solubilization of oily phase with organic solvent allowed only to obtain coarse emulsions; nanoemulsions (respectively with mean droplet around 240 and 130 nm) could finally be produced by a further high pressure homogenization step [52 ].

2. Any of the trees of genera Schinus and Astronium.

See also

• pink peppercorn