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guava
/ˈɡwɑːvə/
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What does guava mean?
noun
- A tropical tree or shrub of the myrtle family, Psidium guajava.
- Its yellowish tropical fruit, globular or pear-shaped with thin, yellow, green or brown skin, is often made into jams and jellies.
- A medium reddish-pink color, like that of guava flesh (also called guava pink).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɡwɑːvə/
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It was a ring of land round a deep lagoon, uninhabited, and covered only with scrub and wild guava.
Even the brushwood is an imported fruit-tree, namely, the guava, which from its abundance has become as noxious as a weed.
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The beaches of the Teffé form groves of wild guava and myrtle trees, and during most months of the year are partly overflown by the river.
He instances the Manihot utilissima, whose roots yield a fine flour; the tarro (Colocasia esculenta), the Spanish or red pepper, the tomato, the bamboo, the guava, the mango-fruit, and especially the banana.