单词 | red guava |
释义 | > as lemmasred guava red guava n. a kind of guava, Psidium guajava, having apple-shaped fruits with reddish flesh (cf. guava n. 1); (also) the fruit itself. ΚΠ 1716 Petiveriana iii. 3/1 Red Guayava. 1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) 780 The red guava (P[sidium] pomiferum) has a beautiful fruit, crowned like a pomegranate; but is not so agreeable to eat as the other [sc. the white guava]. 1912 W. Tibbles Foods iii. xxiii. 632 The red guava..is apple-shaped. The pulp is yellowish-red, very acid and much inferior to the former [sc. the white guava]. 1998 Guardian (Nexis) 20 June (Weekend Suppl.) 35 Our guide..drove tourists round his island several times a day,..noticing small things, like how the red guavas had been turned pink by the wind. < as lemmas |
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