Guava Definition

gwävə
guavas
noun
guavas
Any of several tropical American plants (genus Psidium) of the myrtle family, esp. a tree (P. guajava) bearing a yellowish, round or pear-shaped, edible fruit.
Webster's New World
The fruit, used for jelly, preserves, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Psidium littorale
  • yellow cattley guava
  • strawberry guava
  • psidium-guajava
  • guava bush
  • true guava

Other Word Forms of Guava

Noun

Singular:
guava
Plural:
guavas

Origin of Guava

  • Recorded since 1555, from Spanish guaya, a variant of guayaba, from Arawak guayabo (“guava tree”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Spanish guayaba perhaps of Arawakan origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Guava Sentence Examples

  • Among the more common fruit-trees, some of which are exotics, may be mentioned cacao (Theobroma), orange, lemon, lime, pine-apple, banana, guava (Psidium), breadfruit (Artocarpus), cashew (A nacardium), alligator pear (Pers ea), with the apple, peach, pear, and other fruits of the temperate zone on the elevated plateaus.

  • In England, the pineapple guava is often grown as a wall shrub.

  • The bright, invigorating scent of guava is tempered by a subtle base note of coconut and further sweetened by a hint of pomelo.

  • I experienced varying degrees of staying time from scent to scent - for example, Hawaiian Ruby Guava appeared to fade quickly, but Spanish Amber packed a punch and stuck around for a while.

  • For dessert, try guava duff (steamed pudding with guava jelly ).

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Words Starting With

GGUGUA

Words Ending With

AVAAVA

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