true guava
- noun
- /truː ˈɡwɑːvə/
:
guayaba
- The orchard includes a row of true guava trees, which bear fruit in early summer.
Examples
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I love to eat true guavas in the summer.
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The true guava tree produces delicious fruit.
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Farmers in tropical regions often cultivate true guava for commercial purposes.
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She enjoyed the sweet flavor of true guava in her morning smoothie.
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Farmers in tropical regions often cultivate true guava for its sweet, yellow fruit.
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She enjoyed the sweet flavor of true guava in her morning smoothie.
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The orchard includes a row of true guava trees, which produce fruit during the summer.
Synonyms
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A small tropical tree that produces sweet fruit
A small tropical tree that grows sweet yellow fruit called guava
A small tropical shrub or tree often grown in warm places for its sweet yellow fruit
A tropical fruit with sweet pink or white flesh
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward modifier + noun construction where 'true' (genuine) simply qualifies 'guava' (the fruit/tree), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it denotes the genuine/typical guava tree or fruit. There is no idiomatic shift or metaphorical meaning, and this compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically, making the expression immediately understandable.
Etymology
The noun true guava may come from the island word 'guayaba' that early Spanish speakers used for the fruit. People put true before guava to show it was the original, real guava, so true guava now means the common tropical tree with sweet, round yellow fruit.