feijoa

fei·jo·a

 (fā-zhô′ə, -jō′-, -hō′-)

n.

An evergreen shrub (Acca sellowiana syn. Feijoa sellowiana) native to South America and cultivated as an ornamental and for its sweet, tart fruit. Also called pineapple guava.

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[New Latin Feijoa, former genus name, after João da Silva Feijó (1760-1824), Brazilian soldier and naturalist.]

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feijoa

(fiːˈdʒəʊə)

n

1. (Botany) an evergreen myrtaceous shrub, Feijoa sellowiana, of South America

2. (Botany) the fruit of this shrub

[C19: from New Latin, named after J. da Silva Feijo, 19th-century Spanish botanist]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	feijoa - South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit feijoa bush pineapple guava, feijoa - dark-green kiwi-sized tropical fruit with white flesh; used chiefly for jellies and preserves genus Feijoa - small South American shrubs or trees bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	2.	feijoa - dark-green kiwi-sized tropical fruit with white flesh; used chiefly for jellies and preserves pineapple guava edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh feijoa, feijoa bush - South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit

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