feijoa
Americannoun
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a shrub, Feijoa sellowiana, of the myrtle family, native to South America, bearing edible, greenish, plumlike fruit.
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the fruit of this shrub.
noun
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an evergreen myrtaceous shrub, Feijoa sellowiana , of South America
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the fruit of this shrub
Etymology
Origin of feijoa
< New Latin (1858), after João da Silva Feijó (1760–1824), Brazilian soldier and naturalist; see -a 2
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When Mr. Matallana-Puerto and Dr. Cardoso scoured the scientific literature, they found previous reports that the feijoa plant was pollinated by birds.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
From his bedroom window, Mr. Matallana-Puerto saw that the brown rat accounted for 88 percent of all animal visits to feijoa flowers.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
The rats arrived from Europe, likely hundreds of years ago as a result of colonization; the feijoa trees spread northward from their native Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
If the rats are pollinating the feijoa plants, their behavior is a bit unusual.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
At 76, he likes to sit about knitting afghan squares; he makes popovers and feijoa jam at his modest home on the Palo Alto campus.
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