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feijoa
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun feijoa has 2 senses
- feijoa(n = noun.plant) feijoa bush - South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit; Array has parts: feijoa, pineapple guava
- feijoa(n = noun.food) pineapple guava - dark-green kiwi-sized tropical fruit with white flesh; used chiefly for jellies and preserves; Array is a kind of edible fruit
is a member of genus feijoa
is a kind of bush, shrub
is a part of feijoa, feijoa bush
OXFORD DICTIONARY
feijoa, n.
1 any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Feijoa, bearing edible guava-like fruit.
2 this fruit.
1 any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Feijoa, bearing edible guava-like fruit.
2 this fruit.
Etymology
mod.L f. J. da Silva Feijo, 19th-c. Sp. naturalist
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