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guava
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun guava has 3 senses
- guava(n = noun.plant) psidium littorale, strawberry guava, yellow cattley guava - small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit; Array is a member of genus psidium, psidium
- guava(n = noun.plant) guava bush, psidium guajava, true guava - small tropical American shrubby tree; widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruit; Array has parts: guava
- guava(n = noun.food) Array - tropical fruit having yellow skin and pink pulp; eaten fresh or used for e.g. jellies; Array is a kind of edible fruit
is a kind of fruit tree
is a member of genus psidium, psidium
is a kind of fruit tree
is a part of guava, guava bush, psidium guajava, true guava
CIDE DICTIONARY
guava, n. [Sp. guayaba the guava fruit, guayabo the guava tree; prob. fr. the native West Indian name.].
A tropical tree, or its fruit, of the genus Psidium . Two varieties are well known, the P. pyriferum , or white guava , and P. pomiferum , or red guava . The fruit or berry is shaped like a pomegranate, but is much smaller. It is somewhat astringent, but makes a delicious jelly. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
guava, n.
1 a small tropical American tree, Psidium guajava, bearing an edible pale yellow fruit with pink juicy flesh.
2 this fruit.
1 a small tropical American tree, Psidium guajava, bearing an edible pale yellow fruit with pink juicy flesh.
2 this fruit.
Etymology
Sp. guayaba prob. f. a S. Amer. name
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