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Psidium cattleianum

Psidium cattleianum

9.9
A tropical bush or small tree with sweet red fruit called strawberry guava
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : Psidium cattleianum
  • The fruit of Psidium cattleianum is often called strawberry guava due to its sweet flavor.

Examples

  • The Psidium cattleianum thrives in subtropical climates and can be invasive in some regions.

  • Gardeners appreciate Psidium cattleianum for its attractive foliage and edible red fruits.

  • The Psidium cattleianum tree produces delicious fruit.

  • Have you ever tasted Psidium cattleianum fruit?

  • Gardeners appreciate Psidium cattleianum for its attractive foliage and edible red fruits.

  • The Psidium cattleianum thrives in subtropical climates and can be invasive in some areas.

  • The fruit of Psidium cattleianum is often called strawberry guava because of its sweet flavor.

Synonyms

strawberry guava
vsPsidium cattleianum
  • US
6.9

A small tropical bush or tree that has sweet fruit tasting like strawberries

is a wild shrub bearing mainly deep red oval fruit rather than mixed colours
cattley guava
vsPsidium cattleianum
  • US
9.9

A small tropical tree that makes sweet red or yellow fruit, also called strawberry guava

emphasises deep red fruit as typical rather than often yellow ones
yellow cattley guava
vsPsidium cattleianum
9.6

A small tree or bush that has small yellow fruit you can eat

refers to plants with deep red oval fruit rather than only yellow ones

Surface Forms

Psidium cattleianum singular
Psidium cattleianums plural

Morphology

Psidium + cattleianum

This is a Linnaean binomial where the first element 'Psidium' clearly identifies the genus (shrubs/trees in the myrtle family), so a learner who knows that term can infer it is a species of that plant. The species epithet 'cattleianum' is not a common lexical item (likely eponymic) and does not transparently convey the specific properties (e.g. 'strawberry guava'), so the exact referent is not fully predictable.

Etymology

Psidium cattleianum is the plant's Latin name: Psidium is the guava group and cattleianum may be named after a gardener called Cattley who helped bring plants to Europe. So the name points to the small guava tree known as 'strawberry guava', with sweet red fruit.