Guava

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various tropical American shrubs and trees of the genus Psidium, especially P. guajava, having white flowers and edible fruit.
  • n. The fruit of this plant, having sweet, usually reddish or pinkish flesh.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A tropical tree or shrub of the myrtle family, Psidium guajava.
  • n. Its yellowish tropical fruit, 1¼ to 2 inches, globular or pear-shaped with thin, yellow, green or brown skin, is often made into jams and jellies. The meat is yellowish or pale green to pink in color.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One of several species of Psidium, a myrtaceous genus of tropical America, and especially P. Guayava, which yields a well-known and esteemed fruit, and is now cultivated and naturalized in most tropical countries.
  • n. In Porto Rico, Inga vera, a tree of the family Mimosaceæ, used as a shade-tree in coffee-plantations. See Inga and coco-wood. 2.
  • n. In Barbados, the ringworm-shrub, Herpetica alata.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. small tropical American shrubby tree; widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruit
  • n. tropical fruit having yellow skin and pink pulp; eaten fresh or used for e.g. jellies
  • n. small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit
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