guayava

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English

Noun

guayava (plural guayavas)

  1. Alternative form of guayaba
    • 1732, Awnsham Churchill, A Collection of Voyages and Travels, Some Now First Printed from Original Manuscripts, Others Now First Published in English, page 226:
      The Guayava, which has spread so much ...
    • 1875, James Herman De Ricci, Fiji: Our New Province in the South Seas, page 135:
      [] The 'guayava' (Psidium Guayava, Raddi) is another fruit of recent introduction [...]
    • 1993, Farmers or foresters: The use of trees in the sylvopastoral systems of the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica, page 1:
      The use of the guayava tree (Psidium guayava) in pastures has been investigated by Somarriba (1987). However, these systems have predominantly been investigated on plots near research stations, or through on-farm experiments.