guayusa

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounguayusa (plural guayusas)

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.
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    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 found in a shaman's tomb in the Bolivian Andes.

    2017, Tyler Gage, Fully Alive: Using the Lessons of the Amazon to Live Your Mission in Business and Life, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

Origin

  1. Spanishguayusa
  2. Englishguayusa

Borrowed from Spanish guayusa.

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APA

guayusa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guayusa

MLA

“guayusa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guayusa. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “guayusa,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guayusa.

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