feijoa

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/feɪˈʒoʊ.ə//feɪˈd͡ʒoʊ.ə//feɪˈhoʊ.ə/New Zealand/ˈfiːd͡ʒɐʉ.ɐ/

noun

A South American evergreen shrub, Acca sellowiana (syn. Feijoa sellowiana).

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guavasteenpineapple guavafeijoa bush
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Meanings

nounfeijoa (plural feijoas)

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.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
guavasteenpineapple guava

nounSouth American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit

Similar
feijoa bush
Broader
shrubbush

noundark-green kiwi-sized tropical fruit with white flesh; used chiefly for jellies and preserves

Similar
pineapple guava
Broader
edible fruit
Also see
pineapple guava

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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.

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Translations

Catalan feijoa
  • feijoashrub
Chinese Mandarin 費約果 /费约果
  • 費約果 /费约果 (fèiyuē guǒ)shrub
Czech fejchoa, aka jedlá
  • fejchoafruit
  • aka jedláshrub
Dutch feijoa
  • feijoashrub
Finnish feijoa
  • feijoashrub
French goyavier de Montevideo
  • goyavier de Montevideoshrub
German brasilianische Guave
  • brasilianische Guaveshrub
Hebrew פיג׳ואה
  • פיג׳ואהshrub
Hungarian mirtuszdió
  • mirtuszdióshrub
Italian feijoa
  • feijoashrub
Japanese フェイジョア, フェイジョア
  • フェイジョア (feijoa)fruit
  • フェイジョア (feijoa)shrub
Korean 페이조아
  • 페이조아 (peijoa)shrub
Māori pītoa, whītoa
  • pītoafruit
  • whītoafruit
Persian فیجوا
  • فیجوا (feyjoâ)shrub
Portuguese feijoa
  • feijoashrub
Russian фейхоа́, фейхо́а
  • фейхоа́ (fejxoá)shrub
  • фейхо́а (fejxóa)shrub
  • фейхуа́ (fejxuá)shrub
  • фейху́а (fejxúa)shrub
Spanish feijoa
  • feijoashrub
Swahili feijoa
  • feijoashrub
Swedish feijoa
  • feijoashrub
Turkish feijoa
  • feijoashrub
Ukrainian фейхо́а
  • фейхо́а (fejxóa)shrub
Cite this entry
APA

feijoa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feijoa

MLA

“feijoa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feijoa. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feijoa,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feijoa.

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