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feijoa

/feɪˈʒoʊ.ə/

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New Zealand/ˈfiːd͡ʒɐʉ.ɐ/

feijoa noun: a South American evergreen shrub, Acca sellowiana (syn. Feijoa sellowiana).

Noun

feijoa (plural feijoas)

  1. A South American evergreen shrub, Acca sellowiana (syn. Feijoa sellowiana).
  2. The green, ellipsoid fruit of this shrub, having a tart and sweet taste.

feijoa meaning in Tamil and Persian

feijoa in Tamil

இது பழவகைகளுள் ஒன்றாகும்

feijoa in Persian

shrub
فیجوا feyjoâ

Synonyms of feijoa

Forms of feijoa

pluralfeijoas

Origin of feijoa

From the New Latin former genus name Feijoa, which was named after Portuguese botanist João da Silva Feijó by the German botanist Otto Karl Berg.

Questions about feijoa

What does feijoa mean?
Feijoa means a South American evergreen shrub, Acca sellowiana (syn. Feijoa sellowiana).
What is feijoa in Tamil?
Feijoa in Tamil is இது பழவகைகளுள் ஒன்றாகும். See Feijoa meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is feijoa?
Feijoa is a noun.
How do you pronounce feijoa?
Feijoa is pronounced /feɪˈʒoʊ.ə/.
What is the plural of feijoa?
The plural of feijoa is feijoas.

Words near feijoa in the dictionary

  1. feigningly
  2. feignings
  3. feigns
  4. Feigs
  5. Feijenoord
  6. feijoa
  7. feijoada
  8. feijoadas
  9. feijoas
  10. Feijom
  11. Feijoo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: feijoa (page history and authors); feijoa (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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