noun
or miraculous berry
1. : either of two tropical African fruits that have a lingering sweetish aftertaste that causes indifferent or acid foods eaten after them to taste sweet
2. : a plant yielding miraculous fruit:
a. : a small shrubby tree ( Synsepalum dulcificum ) of the family Sapotaceae having a fruit that is a fleshy single-seeded berry
b. : an herb ( Thaumatococcus daniellii ) of the family Marantaceae whose edible fruit is the jellylike aril surrounding the seeds