guava bush
- noun
- /ˈɡwɑːvə bʌʃ/
:
arbusto de guayaba
- The gardener planted several guava bushes to enjoy fresh fruit during the summer.
Examples
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The guava bush produces sweet fruit that attracts many birds and insects.
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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.
Fiction book (1995) -
Children love to climb the guava bushes in the backyard to pick ripe fruit.
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 tree from warm places that makes sweet round yellow fruit
A tropical tree or shrub that grows guava fruit
A South American tree that produces fragrant yellow fruit like common guava
A small tropical bush or tree that has sweet fruit tasting like strawberries
A tropical bush or small tree with sweet red fruit called strawberry guava
A small tropical tree or shrub that makes small sweet yellow fruit called strawberry guava
A small tropical tree that makes sweet red or yellow fruit, also called strawberry guava
A small tree or bush that has small yellow fruit you can eat
A small tropical bush or tree that produces deep red oval fruit you can eat
A small oval green fruit with sweet white flesh used to make jam
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Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'guava' names the fruit/tree and 'bush' names a small woody plant, so 'guava bush' straightforwardly denotes a bush that bears guavas. This literal noun+noun combination follows common cross-linguistic compounding patterns and would be inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The name guava bush is literal: it names a bush that grows guava 'fruit'. That's why the name simply means 'a small plant or tree that produces guavas'.