guayule

American  

[gwah-yoo-lee, wah-, gwah-yoo-le] / gwɑˈyu li, wɑ-, gwɑˈyu lɛ /

noun

plural

guayules

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.

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guayule British  

/ ɡwəˈjuːlɪ /

noun

1. a bushy shrub, Parthenium argentatum, of the southwestern US: family Asteraceae (composites)

2. rubber derived from the sap of this plant

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Etymology

Origin of guayule

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

Example Sentences

Though guayule only uses half as much water as cotton and alfalfa, if the economics don’t support it, that doesn’t do the majority of farmers much good.

From Seattle Times

The TK dandelion work was published recently in Industrial Crops and Products, and the guayule research in Environmental Technology & Innovation.

From Science Daily

That made it possible for Firestone to provide tires with rubber derived from the guayule desert shrub at all five street circuits of the 17-race IndyCar season.

From Seattle Times

His team has mapped guayule’s genome and identified genes that are associated with higher rubber content.

From Scientific American

The tire is partially composed of a new sustainable natural rubber derived from the guayule shrub, which requires less re-harvesting than traditional sources of rubber.

From Seattle Times