Meanings
plural guavas
- countableuncountableA tropical tree or shrub of the myrtle family, Psidium guajava.
- countableuncountableIts 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 Paraguay1 more example
CREAM CHEESE AND GUAVA JELLY SANDWICH: Spread an equal number of slices of lightly buttered white bread with guava jelly and cream cheese. Put slices together and trim the edges.
1909, Eva Greene Fuller, The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, page 118 - countableuncountableA medium reddish-pink color, like that of guava flesh (also called guava pink).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsmall tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit
nounsmall tropical American shrubby tree; widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruit
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Taíno*wayaba
- Spanishguayaba
- Englishguava
Recorded since 1555, from Spanish guayaba, from Taíno *wayaba. Doublet of guayaba, which is now rare or obsolete.
More words from Spanish, Taíno
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans koejawel
- koejawelfruit
Arabic جوافة
- جوافة (jawāfa, juwāfa)fruit
Bengali পেয়ারা
- পেয়ারা (peẏara)fruit
Bulgarian гуа́ва, гуа́ва
- гуа́ва (guáva)tree or shrub
- гуа́ва (guáva)fruit
Catalan guaiaba
- guaiabafruit
Central Thai ฝรั่ง, ฝรั่ง
- ฝรั่ง (fà-ràng)tree or shrub
- ฝรั่ง (fà-ràng)fruit
Chinese Cantonese 番石榴, 番石榴
- 番石榴tree or shrub
- 番石榴fruit
Chinese Mandarin 番石榴, 芭樂 /芭乐
- 番石榴 (fānshíliú)tree or shrub
- 芭樂 /芭乐 (bālè)tree or shrub
- 雞矢果 /鸡矢果 (jīshǐguǒ)tree or shrub
- 巴拉 (bālā)tree or shrub
- 芭拉 (bālā)tree or shrub
- 番石榴 (fānshíliú)fruit
- 芭樂 /芭乐 (bālè)fruit
- 雞矢果 /鸡矢果 (jīshǐguǒ)fruit
- 巴拉 (bālā)fruit
- 芭拉 (bālā)fruit
Czech guava
- guavafruit
Danish guava, guava
- guavatree or shrub
- guavafruit
Dutch guave, guaveboom
- guavetree or shrub
- guaveboomtree or shrub
- guavestruiktree or shrub
- goejavetree or shrub
- guavefruit
Esperanto gujavujo, gujavarbo
- gujavujotree or shrub
- gujavarbotree or shrub
- gujavofruit
Finnish guava, guava
- guavatree or shrub
- guavafruit
French goyavier, goyave
- goyaviertree or shrub
- goyavefruit
German Guave, Guavenbaum
- Guavetree or shrub
- Guavenbaumtree or shrub
- Guavefruit
Greek δέντρο γκουάβα, γκουάβα
- δέντρο γκουάβα (déntro gkouáva)tree or shrub
- γκουάβα (gkouáva)fruit
Hebrew גויאבה
- גויאבה (guyava)fruit
Hindi अमरूद, अमरूत
- अमरूद (amrūd)tree or shrub
- अमरूत (amrūt)tree or shrub
- अमरूद (amrūd)fruit
- अमरूत (amrūt)fruit
Hungarian gujávafa, gujáva
- gujávafatree or shrub
- gujávafruit
Indonesian jambu batu, jambu biji
- jambu batufruit
- jambu bijifruit
Irish guábha
- guábhafruit
Italian guaiava, guava
- guaiavatree or shrub
- guavatree or shrub
- guavafruit
- guaiavafruit
Japanese グアバ, グアヴァ
- グアバ (guaba)fruit
- グアヴァ (guava)fruit
Korean 구아바
- 구아바 (guaba)fruit
Malay jambu batu, jambu biawas
- jambu batufruit
- jambu biawasfruit
Māori kuawa, kuāwa
- kuawatree or shrub
- kuāwafruit
Norwegian guava
- guavafruit
Persian گواوا, امرود
- گواوا (guâvâ)fruit
- امرود (amrud)fruit
Polish guawa, gujawa
- guawatree or shrub
- gujawafruit
- guawafruit
Portuguese goiabeira, goiaba
- goiabeiratree or shrub
- goiabafruit
Punjabi ਅਮਰੂਦ, ਅਮਰੂਦ
- ਅਮਰੂਦ (amarūd)tree or shrub
- ਅਮਰੂਦ (amarūd)fruit
Russian гуа́ва, гуа́ва
- гуа́ва (guáva)tree or shrub
- гуа́ва (guáva)fruit
Slovak guajava
- guajavafruit
Spanish guayabo, guayaba
- guayabotree or shrub
- guayabafruit
Swahili mpera, pera
- mperatree or shrub
- perafruit
Swedish guava
- guavafruit
Tagalog bayabas
- bayabasfruit
Tamil கொய்யா, கொய்யா
- கொய்யா (koyyā)tree or shrub
- கொய்யா (koyyā)fruit
Turkish guava, guava
- guavatree or shrub
- guavafruit
Ukrainian гуая́ва, гуа́ва
- гуая́ва (huajáva)fruit
- гуа́ва (huáva)fruit
Urdu امرود, امروت
- امرود (amrūd)fruit
- امروت (amrūt)fruit
- جام (jām)fruit
Vietnamese ổi, ổi
- ổitree or shrub
- ổifruit
Welsh gwafa
- gwafafruit
Zulu ugwava class 1a/2a
- ugwava class 1a/2afruit
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with guava
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guava. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guava
“guava.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guava. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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