guayule

gua·yu·le  (gw-l)

n.

A shrub (Parthenium argentatum) of the southwest United States and Mexico whose sap was considered a potential source of natural rubber during World War II.

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[American Spanish, from Nahuatl cuauhuli : cuahuitl, tree + uli, latex gum.]

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guayule [gwəˈjuːlɪ]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a bushy shrub, Parthenium argentatum, of the southwestern US: family Asteraceae (composites)

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) rubber derived from the sap of this plant

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

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Noun

1.

guayule - much-branched subshrub with silvery leaves and small white flowers of Texas and northern Mexico; cultivated as a source of rubber Parthenium argentatum genus Parthenium, Parthenium - small genus of North American herbs and shrubs with terminal panicles of small ray flowers subshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base