miracle berry

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Noun

miracle berry (plural miracle berries)

1. Certain plants and their fruit that make sour foods taste sweet, native to west Africa, of species:
   1. Synsepalum dulcificum, which contain miraculin;
   2. Thaumatococcus daniellii, which contain thaumatin.

Synonyms

• (Synsepalum dulcificum): miracle fruit, miraculous berry, miraculous fruit

Related terms

• miraculin

Translations

the berry of Synsepalum dulcificum

• Akan: asaa (Twi)
• Catalan: fruit miracle m
• Ewe: ledidi
• French: fruit miraculeux (fr) m
• Ga: taami
• German: Wunderbeere (de) f, Mirakelfrucht (de) f
• Lingala: mombungá
• Russian: Чуде́сная я́года f (Čudésnaja jágoda), Путе́рия сладкова́тая f (Putérija sladkovátaja)
• Yoruba: àgbáyun

References

• miracle berry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia