feijoa


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
feijoa /feɪˈ(d)ʒəʊə, fɛ-, fiː-, -ˈjəʊə/
noun
  • 1 an edible green fruit resembling a guava.
  • 2 the small tree which bears feijoas, native to tropical South America. [Genus Feijoa.]
– origin C19: mod. L., named after the Brazilian naturalist J. da Silva Feijó.
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