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gua·va \ˈgwävə also -wȯvə\ noun (plural guavas also guava) Etymology: Spanish, alteration of guayaba, of Arawakan origin; akin to Galibi goyaba guava, Tupi guaiába, guayava 1. a. : a small shrubby tropical American tree (Psidium guajava) that is widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet or somewhat acid usually globular yellow fruit b. : any of several other plants of the genus Psidium that bear edible fruit (as the strawberry guava or the Brazilian guava) 2. : the fruit of a guava 3. : inga 2; especially : a West Indian tree (Inga vera) resembling the common guava and similarly used |