juazeiro

See also: Juazeiro

English

Etymology

From Portuguese juazeiro.

Noun

juazeiro

1. A small shrub, Sarcomphalus joazeiro, of the buckthorn family, native to Brazil.
   • 1984, Helen R. Lane, transl., The War of the End of the World, London: Folio Society, translation of La guerra del fin del mundo by Mario Vargas Llosa, published 2012, page 40:

     The police trotted out there, amid juazeiro trees with sharp-edged branches and thickets of velame that irritated their skins.

   • 2008, Frances de Pontes Peebles, The Seamstress, New York: HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 565:

     Behind his private tent was a yard enclosed by barbed wire and shaded by the camp's only juazeiro tree.

   • 2021, “Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Wild Medicinal Plants of Piauí State-Brazil” (chapter 8), in Mahendra Rai, Shandesh Bhattarai, Chistiane M. Feitosa, editors, Ethnopharmacology of Wild Plants, Boca Raton: CRC Press, →DOI, page 271:

     Due to its drought resistance, juazeiro is very important economically for the northeast region of Brazil, and practically all parts of the plant are used by the population.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• joazeiro (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Tupi îuábor.

Portuguese juá

Portuguese -z-

Latin -ārius

Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro

Portuguese -eiro

Portuguese juazeiro

From juá + -z- + -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒu.aˈze(j).ɾu/ [ʒʊ.aˈze(ɪ̯).ɾu], (faster pronunciation) /ʒwaˈze(j).ɾu/ [ʒwaˈze(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒu.aˈze(j).ɾu/ [ʒʊ.aˈze(ɪ̯).ɾu], (faster pronunciation) /ʒwaˈze(j).ɾu/ [ʒwaˈze(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒu.aˈze(j).ɾo/ [ʒʊ.aˈze(ɪ̯).ɾo], (faster pronunciation) /ʒwaˈze(j).ɾo/ [ʒwaˈze(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒwɐˈzɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒwɐˈzɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒwɐˈzej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒwɐˈzej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒwɐˈze.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -ejɾu, -eɾu, -ɐjɾu
• Hyphenation: ju‧a‧zei‧ro
• Homophone: Juazeiro

Noun

juazeiro m (plural juazeiros)

1. juazeiro (Sarcomphalus joazeiro)

   Synonym: juá

   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Mudança [A New Home]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 9:

     Na planicie avermelhada os joazeiros alargavam duas manchas verdes.

     On the reddish plain, the juazeiros formed two green spots.

Derived terms

• Juazeiro
• Juazeiro do Norte
• Juazeiro do Piauí

Descendants

• → English: juazeiro
• → Translingual: Sarcomphalus joazeiro

Further reading

• “juazeiro”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “juazeiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “juazeiro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “juazeiro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025