feijoa bush

9.5

A small South American bush that people grow for its green, sweet fruit

noun
/feɪˈhoʊə bʌʃ/

: arbusto de feijoa

The feijoa bush in our backyard produces sweet, aromatic fruit every autumn.

Examples

Gardeners recommend planting a feijoa bush in a sunny, sheltered spot for best results.
After a few years, our feijoa bushes grew high enough to become a natural hedge.
The feijoa bush produces delicious fruit.
I planted a feijoa bush in my garden last spring.
Gardeners recommend planting a feijoa bush in a sunny, sheltered spot for best results.
The feijoa bush in our backyard produces sweet, aromatic fruit every autumn.
After a few years, our feijoa bushes grew high enough to become a natural hedge.

Synonyms

feijoa

vsfeijoa bush

9.9

A small bush that stays green all year and makes sweet fruit

highlights ornamental use and garden display rather than flavor emphasis

Surface Forms

feijoa bush singular

feijoa bushes plural

Morphology

feijoa + bush

The meaning is directly compositional: 'feijoa' names the species/fruit and 'bush' denotes a small woody plant, so 'feijoa bush' straightforwardly denotes a bush of the feijoa. This noun+noun plant name follows a regular, cross-linguistic pattern, making it immediately understandable to learners who know both constituents.

Etymology

Feijoa bush takes its name from a person and the plant type: feijoa may come from the Portuguese name Feijó, and bush shows it is a small shrub, so a feijoa bush means 'a shrub that produces feijoa fruit'.