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guaver

guaver is the obsolete form of guava.

Meaning of guava

Noun

guava (countable and uncountable, plural guavas)

  1. A tropical tree or shrub of the myrtle family, Psidium guajava.
  2. Its yellowish tropical fruit, globular or pear-shaped with thin, yellow, green or brown skin, is often made into jams and jellies.
    • The guava […] is seldom eaten except when preserved with sirup or sugar.1871, Charles Washburn, The History of Paraguay
  3. A medium reddish-pink color, like that of guava flesh (also called guava pink).

Forms of guaver

pluralguavers

Questions about guaver

What is guaver the obsolete form of?
Guaver is the obsolete form of guava.

Words near guaver in the dictionary

  1. guavaberries
  2. guavaberry
  3. guavas
  4. guavasteen
  5. guavasteens
  6. guaver
  7. guavers
  8. Guaviare
  9. guavinoside
  10. guavinosides
  11. guaxima

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Adapted from Wiktionary: guaver (page history and authors); guava (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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