guava
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- noun
- /ˈɡwɑːvə/
:
guayaba
- At the standpipe near the savannah, he fills his bottle, then crosses the open grass into the first guava bushes going down to the ravine.
- guava tree
- guava fruit
Examples
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He had two papaya trees, a guava, a custard apple, and a jackfruit tree.
Fiction book (1995) -
The Christi sugar estate was next to our house, and when I was a little girl, I used to go there without any shoes and sit under a guava tree.
Academic text (2007) -
Her new project is an orchard where she will grow apple, guava, peach, and medlar trees.
Blog text (17) -
I was watching him cut back the vines that had taken over the back fence and were threatening a guava tree that my mother had planted there three years before.
Fiction book (1999) -
They're also known as pineapple guavas or guava steens.
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At the second level are trees that offer the cacao farmer a further hedge against fluctuations in the price of cacao: depicted here (left to right) are guava, avocado, mango, orange, and coconut.
Academic text (2003) -
The tropical guava tree in her backyard produces sweet fruit every year.
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We enjoyed a refreshing smoothie made from ripe guava and banana.
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The farmer planted several varieties of guava alongside mango and papaya trees.
Synonyms
A small tropical tree that grows sweet yellow fruit called guava
A small tree from warm places that makes sweet round yellow fruit
A small tropical shrub or tree often grown in warm places for its sweet yellow fruit
A tropical tree or shrub that grows guava fruit
Compounds
A small tropical tree that makes sweet red or yellow fruit, also called strawberry guava
A small tropical bush or tree that produces deep red oval fruit you can eat
A small tropical bush or tree that has sweet fruit tasting like strawberries
Surface Forms
Etymology
Guava comes from a native Caribbean word, guayaba, that Spanish and Portuguese visitors picked up and used in Europe. So guava still names the tropical tree that produces the sweet fruit.