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guayule definition

☆ gua·yule (gwī o̵̅o̅′lē, wī-)

noun

  1. a small shrub (Parthenium argentatum) of the composite family, grown in N Mexico, Texas, etc. for the rubber obtained from it
  2. this rubber
    also guayule rubber

Etymology: AmSp < Nahuatl kawolli < kawiλ, tree + olli, rubber

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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