guavas
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pluralof guava.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
guavanounany of numerous tropical and subtropical American trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Psidium, of the myrtle family, especially P. guajava, bearing large, yellow, round to pear-shaped fruit, and P. littorale, bearing smaller, yellowish to deep-red, oval fruit.
Example Sentences
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It evoked kiwis and guavas like Twizzlers do strawberries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
It’s palms, banana plants, loquats, pineapple guavas and other assorted tropicals and subtropicals in our gardens.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
And guavas, well you’ll have to fight with the squirrels and birds for them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2022
He often returned home with gifts of oranges, pomegranates, guavas, tamales and sweets from his passengers.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2021
The boys who have gone ahead on foot are already pulling down branches and shaking loose a rain of guavas.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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