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GUAVA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical fruit having yellow skin and pink pulp; eaten fresh or used for e.g. jellies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("guava" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("guava" is a part of...):

guava; guava bush; Psidium guajava; true guava (small tropical American shrubby tree; widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small tropical American shrubby tree; widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruit

Synonyms:

guava; guava bush; Psidium guajava; true guava

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("guava" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "guava"):

guava (tropical fruit having yellow skin and pink pulp; eaten fresh or used for e.g. jellies)

Holonyms ("guava" is a member of...):

genus Psidium; Psidium (guavas)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit

Synonyms:

guava; Psidium littorale; strawberry guava; yellow cattley guava

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("guava" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Holonyms ("guava" is a member of...):

genus Psidium; Psidium (guavas)

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