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Guava — Gua va, 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} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
guava — /gwah veuh/, n. 1. any of numerous tropical and subtropical American trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Psidium, of the myrtle family, esp. P. guajava, bearing large, yellow, round to pear shaped fruit, and P. littorale, bearing smaller,… … Universalium
Guava — taxobox name = Guava image caption = Apple guava ( Psidium guajava ) regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Eudicots unranked ordo = Rosids ordo = Myrtales familia = Myrtaceae subfamilia = Myrtoideae genus = Psidium… … Wikipedia
Native American cuisine — Frybread is a staple food of Native American cuisine.[1] … Wikipedia
guava — /ˈgwavə / (say gwahvuh) noun 1. any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Psidium, especially P. guajava and the cherry guava P. cattleianum, native to tropical and subtropical America, with a fruit used for jelly, etc. 2. the fruit, used for… …
red guava — Guava Gua va, 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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
white guava — Guava Gua va, 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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Strawberry guava — taxobox name = Psidium littorale image caption = strawberry guava Psidium littorale var. cattleianum status = NE status system = iucn3.1 regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Eudicots unranked ordo = Rosids ordo =… … Wikipedia
strawberry guava — noun small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit • Syn: ↑guava, ↑yellow cattley guava, ↑Psidium littorale • Hypernyms: ↑fruit tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Psidium, ↑ge … Useful english dictionary
strawberry guava — a shrub or small tree, Psidium littorale, of the myrtle family, native to Brazil, having smooth, grayish brown bark, leathery leaves, white flowers, and edible, white fleshed, purplish red fruit. * * * … Universalium
