feijoa

[fey-yoh-uh, -hoh-uh]

noun

a shrub, Feijoa sellowiana, of the myrtle family, native to South America, bearing edible, greenish, plumlike fruit.

the fruit of this shrub.

Origin of feijoa

< New Latin (1858), after João da Silva Feijó (1760–1824), Brazilian soldier and naturalist; see -a²

Also called pineapple guava.

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British Dictionary definitions for feijoa

feijoa

noun

an evergreen myrtaceous shrub, Feijoa sellowiana, of South America

the fruit of this shrub

Word Origin for feijoa

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

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