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guayusa

guayusa noun: a tree native to the Amazon Rainforest, Ilex guayusa, whose leaves contain caffeine and are brewed like a tea for their stimulative effect.

Noun

guayusa (plural guayusas)

  1. A tree native to the Amazon Rainforest, Ilex guayusa, whose leaves contain caffeine and are brewed like a tea for their stimulative effect.
    • One thing for certain is that every guayusa tree that exists today was planted by a person, and this reciprocal relationship between humans and guayusa stretches back thousands of years. The earliest physical evidence of guayusa use is a bundle of the plant dating back to around A.D. 500, which was...2017, Tyler Gage, Fully Alive: Using the Lessons of the Amazon to Live Your Mission in Business and Life, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

Forms of guayusa

pluralguayusas

Origin of guayusa

Borrowed from Spanish guayusa.

Questions about guayusa

What does guayusa mean?
Guayusa means a tree native to the Amazon Rainforest, Ilex guayusa, whose leaves contain caffeine and are brewed like a tea for their stimulative effect.
What part of speech is guayusa?
Guayusa is a noun.
What is the plural of guayusa?
The plural of guayusa is guayusas.

Words near guayusa in the dictionary

  1. Guaymas
  2. Guaynabo
  3. Guays
  4. guayule
  5. guayules
  6. guayusa
  7. Guazapa
  8. Guazapar
  9. guazatine
  10. Guazhou
  11. guazil

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