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feijoa

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fei·jo·a  (f-zhô, -j-, -h-)
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.

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

feijoa [fiːˈdʒəʊə]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) an evergreen myrtaceous shrub, Feijoa sellowiana, of South America
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the fruit of this shrub
[from New Latin, named after J. da Silva Feijo, 19th-century Spanish botanist]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.feijoa - South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit
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
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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Bacardi is acquiring the 42 BELOW brands of 42 BELOW Vodka, including four flavoured vodkas -- Manuka Honey, Kiwifruit, Feijoa and Passionfruit -- and the newly developed products of SOUTH Gin, STIL Vodka, SEVEN TIKI White Rum, TAHITI DARK Rum and 420 spring water.
Through the success of its offer, Bacardi expects to acquire the 42 BELOW brands of 42 BELOW vodka, including four flavoured vodkas -- Manuka Honey, Kiwifruit, Feijoa and Passionfruit, and the newly developed products of SOUTH gin, STIL vodka, SEVEN TIKI rum, TAHITI DARK rum and 420 spring water.
Besides her first-place ribbon, she won two second-place ribbons, for her apricot preserves and feijoa (pineapple guava) preserves, and two third-place ribbons, for her strawberry preserves and feijoa chutney.
 
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