guavan.

Brit.

/ˈɡwɑːvə/, U.S.

/ˈɡwɑvə/

Forms: 1500s ? guannaba, 1500s–1600s guiava, 1500s, 1700s guaiava, 1600s goyave, guavar, guavee, guaver, guayava, guayavo, guiave, guiavo, guayva, gwave, 1700s goava, gojavu, goyava, goyavier, guaba, guavo, guayabo, guyava, gwavah, (1800s gauva), 1600s– guava.

Etymology: < Spanish guayaba, -abo, presumably < some South American Indian or West Indian name.

a. A tree of the myrtaceous genus Psidium of tropical America, esp. P. Guayava (now naturalized in many tropical countries), which yields a fruit of an acid flavour, used to make jelly, etc.mountain guava, red guava, white guava, etc.: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > of tropical America > other American fruit-plants

guava1555

anchovy pear1657

river pear1696

sour-sop tree1696

monkey apple1750

stopper-berry tree1750

sour-sop1753

chocho1756

sweet plum1796

pequi1819

Spanish plum1823

jaboticaba1824

christophene1830

Quito orange1846

pepino1850

mountain mango1861

chayote1884

Suriname cherry1895

feijoa1898

choko1902

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. ix. f. 81^v They noorysshe a tree which they caule Guaiaua [printed Guaiana], that beareth a frute much resemblynge the kynde of citrons which are commonly cauled limones, of taste sumwhat sharpe myxt with swetenes.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. xxiv. 277 The Guayavos be other trees which commonly carry an ill fruite.

1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 12 Nature hath stor'd it..with Oranges, Lymes..Guavars.

1748 tr. P. Lozano True Relation Earthquake Lima iii. 209 There as those of the Caribbee Islands, as Ananas, Guayavas.

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 239 The Mountain Guava. This is one of the largest trees in the woods of Jamaica.

1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) I. 48 Besides these trees, here are also the tamarind, the medlar, the sapote, the papayo, the guayabo,..and several others.

1859 R. Thompson Gardener's Assistant 33 Musas, Granadillas, Guavas, or other tropical plants bearing fruit, should be watered occasionally with manure water.

b. black guava n. now rare a round, dark fruit resembling a guava, borne by a tropical South American tree, Guettarda argentea (family Rubiaceae); (also) the tree itself, yielding a grey wood used in construction (also called silver-wood).

ΚΠ

1835 T. Shepherd Lect. Hort. New S. Wales iv. 64 The black guava is esteemed a superior fruit to the other two.

1917 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 44 523 The so-called black guava is Guettarda argentea Lam., a rubiaceous Jamaican tree.

2009 L. Vigden & A. Skolnick Nicaragua (Lonely Planet) (ed. 2) 224/1 Coffee planted beneath black guava trees.

2. The fruit of the guava-tree.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > other fruits > [noun]

tamarind1539

zizypha1546

guava1555

tuna1555

turpentine1562

mango1582

mammee1587

durian1588

lychee1588

sapota1589

fritter1591

mangosteen1598

custard apple1648

longan1655

mammee sapota1657

mammee apple1683

breadfruit1697

coco-plum1699

rambutan1707

pawpaw1709

locust bean1731

sapodilla1750

cherimoya1758

wild lime1767

Otaheite apple1777

narra1779

langsat1783

rose apple1790

cinnamon apple1796

sapota plum1797

bhindi1809

salak1820

gingerbread plum1824

geebung1827

loquat1829

sapodilla plum1830

sage-apple1832

kangaroo-apple1834

karaka-fruit1834

quandong1836

mombin1837

terap1839

zapote1842

tamarind plum1846

prairie pea1848

Barbados-cherry1858

kei-apple1859

Natal plum1859

bullock's heart1866

guava-apple1866

Sierra Leone peach1866

Turkey fig1866

marula1877

scarlet banana1885

Suriname cherry1895

feijoa1898

pear apple1898

ume1918

pepino1922

Chinese gooseberry1925

num-num1926

acerola1954

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > other tropical or exotic fruits

tamarind1539

guava1555

genipat1568

jack1582

genipap1613

custard apple1648

star apple1693

sweet-sop1696

breadfruit1697

sugar-apple1739

sweet-apple1760

guarri1789

ackee1792

marmalade-box1796

five-corner1826

jakkalsbessie1854

Molucca berry1861

bullock's heart1866

guava-apple1866

vegetable egg1866

Jew plum1880

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. ix. f. 45 The fruite cauled Guannaba, vnknowen vnto vs, and sumwhat lyke vnto a quynse.

1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Three Bookes iii. f. 90^v They brought mee from the firme lande the seede of the fruite..whiche thei call Guaiauas.

1591 J. Hortop Trauailes Eng. Man 20 Feeding on nothing but roots, and Guiauos, a fruite like figges.

1626 P. Nichols Sir F. Drake Revived (1628) 50 Sundry sorts of fruits..Mammeas, Guyauas [etc.].

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 71 The Gnaver [Errata: Guaver] growes on a Tree, bodied and leav'd like a Cherry-tree..the fruit of the bignesse of a small Limon, and neer that colour.

1698 tr. F. Froger Relation Voy. Coasts Afr. 61 The Goyave is somewhat bigger than a Nut; Its Pulp is red, very stony, and of the Taste of a Peach.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Goyavier, a sort of Fruit growing in the West-Indies.

1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xvi. 4 There are two species of guava; that which is the sweetest has the smallest quantity of seeds.

1879 Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Indian Househ. Managem. 58 Guavas are only eatable when preserved or in jellies.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

guava-bush n.

ΚΠ

1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 101 The psidium pomiferum, or guava bush.

guava-fruit n.

ΚΠ

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World viii. 222 The Guava Fruit grows on a hard scrubbed Shrub.

guava-jelly n.

ΚΠ

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lv. 501 Cayenne pepper, hot pickles, guava jelly, and colonial produce.

guava-plantation n.

ΚΠ

1835 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 453/1 A narrow bridle-path..led us through a guava plantation.

guava-tree n.

ΚΠ

1630 J. Smith True Trav. xxvi. 56 Gwane [sic] trees beare a fruit so bigge as a Peare, good and wholsome.

1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. iv. 107 The N.W. part of it is full of Guaver Trees, of the greatest variety.

1819 T. E. Bowdich Mission to Ashantee i. ii. 15 Richly varied with palm, banana, plantain, and guava trees.

C2.

guava-apple n. = 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > other fruits > [noun]

tamarind1539

zizypha1546

guava1555

tuna1555

turpentine1562

mango1582

mammee1587

durian1588

lychee1588

sapota1589

fritter1591

mangosteen1598

custard apple1648

longan1655

mammee sapota1657

mammee apple1683

breadfruit1697

coco-plum1699

rambutan1707

pawpaw1709

locust bean1731

sapodilla1750

cherimoya1758

wild lime1767

Otaheite apple1777

narra1779

langsat1783

rose apple1790

cinnamon apple1796

sapota plum1797

bhindi1809

salak1820

gingerbread plum1824

geebung1827

loquat1829

sapodilla plum1830

sage-apple1832

kangaroo-apple1834

karaka-fruit1834

quandong1836

mombin1837

terap1839

zapote1842

tamarind plum1846

prairie pea1848

Barbados-cherry1858

kei-apple1859

Natal plum1859

bullock's heart1866

guava-apple1866

Sierra Leone peach1866

Turkey fig1866

marula1877

scarlet banana1885

Suriname cherry1895

feijoa1898

pear apple1898

ume1918

pepino1922

Chinese gooseberry1925

num-num1926

acerola1954

tamarind1539

guava1555

genipat1568

jack1582

genipap1613

custard apple1648

star apple1693

sweet-sop1696

breadfruit1697

sugar-apple1739

sweet-apple1760

guarri1789

ackee1792

marmalade-box1796

five-corner1826

jakkalsbessie1854

Molucca berry1861

bullock's heart1866

guava-apple1866

vegetable egg1866

Jew plum1880

1866 M. B. Clarke Mosses from Rolling Stone 120 Where the guava-apple ripens.

guavafly-catcher n. Turdus analis (Cassell, 1884).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	guava
释义	guavan. Brit. /ˈɡwɑːvə/, U.S. /ˈɡwɑvə/ Forms: 1500s ? guannaba, 1500s–1600s guiava, 1500s, 1700s guaiava, 1600s goyave, guavar, guavee, guaver, guayava, guayavo, guiave, guiavo, guayva, gwave, 1700s goava, gojavu, goyava, goyavier, guaba, guavo, guayabo, guyava, gwavah, (1800s gauva), 1600s– guava. Etymology: < Spanish guayaba, -abo, presumably < some South American Indian or West Indian name. 1. a. A tree of the myrtaceous genus Psidium of tropical America, esp. P. Guayava (now naturalized in many tropical countries), which yields a fruit of an acid flavour, used to make jelly, etc.mountain guava, red guava, white guava, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > of tropical America > other American fruit-plants guava1555 anchovy pear1657 river pear1696 sour-sop tree1696 monkey apple1750 stopper-berry tree1750 sour-sop1753 chocho1756 sweet plum1796 pequi1819 Spanish plum1823 jaboticaba1824 christophene1830 Quito orange1846 pepino1850 mountain mango1861 chayote1884 Suriname cherry1895 feijoa1898 choko1902 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. ix. f. 81^v They noorysshe a tree which they caule Guaiaua [printed Guaiana], that beareth a frute much resemblynge the kynde of citrons which are commonly cauled limones, of taste sumwhat sharpe myxt with swetenes. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. xxiv. 277 The Guayavos be other trees which commonly carry an ill fruite. 1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 12 Nature hath stor'd it..with Oranges, Lymes..Guavars. 1748 tr. P. Lozano True Relation Earthquake Lima iii. 209 There as those of the Caribbee Islands, as Ananas, Guayavas. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 239 The Mountain Guava. This is one of the largest trees in the woods of Jamaica. 1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) I. 48 Besides these trees, here are also the tamarind, the medlar, the sapote, the papayo, the guayabo,..and several others. 1859 R. Thompson Gardener's Assistant 33 Musas, Granadillas, Guavas, or other tropical plants bearing fruit, should be watered occasionally with manure water. b. black guava n. now rare a round, dark fruit resembling a guava, borne by a tropical South American tree, Guettarda argentea (family Rubiaceae); (also) the tree itself, yielding a grey wood used in construction (also called silver-wood). ΚΠ 1835 T. Shepherd Lect. Hort. New S. Wales iv. 64 The black guava is esteemed a superior fruit to the other two. 1917 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 44 523 The so-called black guava is Guettarda argentea Lam., a rubiaceous Jamaican tree. 2009 L. Vigden & A. Skolnick Nicaragua (Lonely Planet) (ed. 2) 224/1 Coffee planted beneath black guava trees. 2. The fruit of the guava-tree. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > other fruits > [noun] tamarind1539 zizypha1546 guava1555 tuna1555 turpentine1562 mango1582 mammee1587 durian1588 lychee1588 sapota1589 fritter1591 mangosteen1598 custard apple1648 longan1655 mammee sapota1657 mammee apple1683 breadfruit1697 coco-plum1699 rambutan1707 pawpaw1709 locust bean1731 sapodilla1750 cherimoya1758 wild lime1767 Otaheite apple1777 narra1779 langsat1783 rose apple1790 cinnamon apple1796 sapota plum1797 bhindi1809 salak1820 gingerbread plum1824 geebung1827 loquat1829 sapodilla plum1830 sage-apple1832 kangaroo-apple1834 karaka-fruit1834 quandong1836 mombin1837 terap1839 zapote1842 tamarind plum1846 prairie pea1848 Barbados-cherry1858 kei-apple1859 Natal plum1859 bullock's heart1866 guava-apple1866 Sierra Leone peach1866 Turkey fig1866 marula1877 scarlet banana1885 Suriname cherry1895 feijoa1898 pear apple1898 ume1918 pepino1922 Chinese gooseberry1925 num-num1926 acerola1954 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > other tropical or exotic fruits tamarind1539 guava1555 genipat1568 jack1582 genipap1613 custard apple1648 star apple1693 sweet-sop1696 breadfruit1697 sugar-apple1739 sweet-apple1760 guarri1789 ackee1792 marmalade-box1796 five-corner1826 jakkalsbessie1854 Molucca berry1861 bullock's heart1866 guava-apple1866 vegetable egg1866 Jew plum1880 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. ix. f. 45 The fruite cauled Guannaba, vnknowen vnto vs, and sumwhat lyke vnto a quynse. 1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Three Bookes iii. f. 90^v They brought mee from the firme lande the seede of the fruite..whiche thei call Guaiauas. 1591 J. Hortop Trauailes Eng. Man 20 Feeding on nothing but roots, and Guiauos, a fruite like figges. 1626 P. Nichols Sir F. Drake Revived (1628) 50 Sundry sorts of fruits..Mammeas, Guyauas [etc.]. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 71 The Gnaver [Errata: Guaver] growes on a Tree, bodied and leav'd like a Cherry-tree..the fruit of the bignesse of a small Limon, and neer that colour. 1698 tr. F. Froger Relation Voy. Coasts Afr. 61 The Goyave is somewhat bigger than a Nut; Its Pulp is red, very stony, and of the Taste of a Peach. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Goyavier, a sort of Fruit growing in the West-Indies. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xvi. 4 There are two species of guava; that which is the sweetest has the smallest quantity of seeds. 1879 Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Indian Househ. Managem. 58 Guavas are only eatable when preserved or in jellies. Compounds C1. General attributive. guava-bush n. ΚΠ 1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 101 The psidium pomiferum, or guava bush. guava-fruit n. ΚΠ 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World viii. 222 The Guava Fruit grows on a hard scrubbed Shrub. guava-jelly n. ΚΠ 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lv. 501 Cayenne pepper, hot pickles, guava jelly, and colonial produce. guava-plantation n. ΚΠ 1835 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 453/1 A narrow bridle-path..led us through a guava plantation. guava-tree n. ΚΠ 1630 J. Smith True Trav. xxvi. 56 Gwane [sic] trees beare a fruit so bigge as a Peare, good and wholsome. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. iv. 107 The N.W. part of it is full of Guaver Trees, of the greatest variety. 1819 T. E. Bowdich Mission to Ashantee i. ii. 15 Richly varied with palm, banana, plantain, and guava trees. C2. guava-apple n. = 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > other fruits > [noun] tamarind1539 zizypha1546 guava1555 tuna1555 turpentine1562 mango1582 mammee1587 durian1588 lychee1588 sapota1589 fritter1591 mangosteen1598 custard apple1648 longan1655 mammee sapota1657 mammee apple1683 breadfruit1697 coco-plum1699 rambutan1707 pawpaw1709 locust bean1731 sapodilla1750 cherimoya1758 wild lime1767 Otaheite apple1777 narra1779 langsat1783 rose apple1790 cinnamon apple1796 sapota plum1797 bhindi1809 salak1820 gingerbread plum1824 geebung1827 loquat1829 sapodilla plum1830 sage-apple1832 kangaroo-apple1834 karaka-fruit1834 quandong1836 mombin1837 terap1839 zapote1842 tamarind plum1846 prairie pea1848 Barbados-cherry1858 kei-apple1859 Natal plum1859 bullock's heart1866 guava-apple1866 Sierra Leone peach1866 Turkey fig1866 marula1877 scarlet banana1885 Suriname cherry1895 feijoa1898 pear apple1898 ume1918 pepino1922 Chinese gooseberry1925 num-num1926 acerola1954 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > other tropical or exotic fruits tamarind1539 guava1555 genipat1568 jack1582 genipap1613 custard apple1648 star apple1693 sweet-sop1696 breadfruit1697 sugar-apple1739 sweet-apple1760 guarri1789 ackee1792 marmalade-box1796 five-corner1826 jakkalsbessie1854 Molucca berry1861 bullock's heart1866 guava-apple1866 vegetable egg1866 Jew plum1880 1866 M. B. Clarke Mosses from Rolling Stone 120 Where the guava-apple ripens. guavafly-catcher n. Turdus analis (Cassell, 1884). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1555
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