guayule

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

noun

, plural gua·yu·les [gwah-, yoo, -leez, wah-, gwah-, yoo, -les].

1. a composite shrub, Parthenium argentatum, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, yielding a form of rubber.
2. the rubber obtained from this plant.

guayule

/ ɡwəˈjuːlɪ /

noun

1. a bushy shrub, Parthenium argentatum, of the southwestern US: family Asteraceae (composites)
2. rubber derived from the sap of this plant

Word History and Origins

Origin of guayule¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of guayule¹

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

Example Sentences

Their hunch was that the guayule rubber could also be suitable for a closed-cell foam, like the kind needed for wetsuits.

From Outside Online

“Guayule” is a resinous rubber secured from a two-foot shrub that grows on the arid plains of Texas and Northern Mexico.

From Project Gutenberg

The guayule shrub is now a further source of Mexican rubber.

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In 1911 seven thousand tons of guayule were imported from Mexico; in 1917 only seventeen hundred tons.

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The only native source so far utilized is the guayule, which grows wild on the deserts of the Mexican and the American border.

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When chopped up and macerated guayule gives a satisfactory quality of caoutchouc in profitable amounts.

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