guayule

[ gwah-yoo-lee, wah-; Spanish gwah-yoo-le ]

/ gwɑˈyu li, wɑ-; Spanish gwɑˈyu lɛ /

noun, plural gua·yu·les [gwah-yoo-leez, wah-; Spanish gwah-yoo-les]. /gwɑˈyu liz, wɑ-; Spanish gwɑˈyu lɛs/.

a composite shrub, Parthenium argentatum, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, yielding a form of rubber.

the rubber obtained from this plant.

Origin of guayule

1905–10, Americanism;<Mexican Spanish <Nahuatl cuauholli or huauholli, equivalent to cuahu(itl) tree or huauh(tli) amaranth + olli rubber

Words nearby guayule

guayabera, Guayama, Guayaquil, Guaymas, Guaynabo, guayule, guayusa, gubbah, gubbins, gubernaculum, gubernaculum dentis

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Example sentences from the Web for guayule

Then we watch the guayule being pitched by hand into crates and tightly jammed therein by being jumped on by the packers.
Rubber|Edith A. Browne
The guayule shrub is now a further source of Mexican rubber.
Mexico|Charles Reginald Enock
The only native source so far utilized is the guayule, which grows wild on the deserts of the Mexican and the American border.
Creative Chemistry|Edwin E. Slosson
Subdominants are mariola, guayule, Agave lechugilla, A. stricta or Larrea divaricata.
The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico|Ticul Alvarez

In the district we have come to visit, several Mexicans are busy gathering in a harvest of guayule.
Rubber|Edith A. Browne

British Dictionary definitions for guayule

guayule

/ (ɡwəˈjuːlɪ) /

noun

a bushy shrub, Parthenium argentatum, of the southwestern US: family Asteraceae (composites)

rubber derived from the sap of this plant

Word Origin for guayule

from American Spanish, from Nahuatl cuauhuli, from cuahuitl tree + uli gum

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单词	guayule
释义	guayule [ gwah-yoo-lee, wah-; Spanish gwah-yoo-le ] / gwɑˈyu li, wɑ-; Spanish gwɑˈyu lɛ / noun, plural gua·yu·les [gwah-yoo-leez, wah-; Spanish gwah-yoo-les]. /gwɑˈyu liz, wɑ-; Spanish gwɑˈyu lɛs/. a composite shrub, Parthenium argentatum, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, yielding a form of rubber. the rubber obtained from this plant. Origin of guayule 1905–10, Americanism;<Mexican Spanish <Nahuatl cuauholli or huauholli, equivalent to cuahu(itl) tree or huauh(tli) amaranth + olli rubber Words nearby guayule guayabera, Guayama, Guayaquil, Guaymas, Guaynabo, guayule, guayusa, gubbah, gubbins, gubernaculum, gubernaculum dentis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for guayule Then we watch the guayule being pitched by hand into crates and tightly jammed therein by being jumped on by the packers. Rubber\|Edith A. Browne The guayule shrub is now a further source of Mexican rubber. Mexico\|Charles Reginald Enock The only native source so far utilized is the guayule, which grows wild on the deserts of the Mexican and the American border. Creative Chemistry\|Edwin E. Slosson Subdominants are mariola, guayule, Agave lechugilla, A. stricta or Larrea divaricata. The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico\|Ticul Alvarez In the district we have come to visit, several Mexicans are busy gathering in a harvest of guayule. Rubber\|Edith A. Browne British Dictionary definitions for guayule guayule / (ɡwəˈjuːlɪ) / noun a bushy shrub, Parthenium argentatum, of the southwestern US: family Asteraceae (composites) rubber derived from the sap of this plant Word Origin for guayule from American Spanish, from Nahuatl cuauhuli, from cuahuitl tree + uli gum Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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