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Guava

noun

Small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit. Synonyms: Psidium littorale, strawberry guava, yellow cattley guava.

Small tropical American shrubby tree; widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruit. Synonyms: guava bush, Psidium guajava, true guava.

Tropical fruit having yellow skin and pink pulp; eaten fresh or used for e.g. jellies.

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"Guava" Quotes from Famous Books

... pleased with himself and the way he had gone for the Chief Weasel and sent him flying across the table with one blow of his stick. But he bustled about, and so did the Rat, and soon they found some guava jelly in a glass dish, and a cold chicken, a tongue that had hardly been touched, some trifle, and quite a lot of lobster salad; and in the pantry they came upon a basketful of French rolls and any quantity of cheese, butter, and celery. They were just about to sit down when ...

— The Wind in the Willows • Kenneth Grahame

... abundance of apples and pears, but of a bad quality, occasioned by the same causes. The mulberry, fig, and guava, succeed better; they are both abundant and good, but there are not any plantains or bananas. On the higher lands, that is, above the general height of the vineyards, the walnut and chesnut grow most ...

— A Voyage Round the World, Vol. I (of ?) • James Holman

Words linked to "Guava" : Psidium, Psidium littorale, guava bush, genus Psidium, edible fruit, fruit tree