What does "feijoa" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "feijoa"?

Common synonyms include: pineapple guava, berry, feijoa bush, fruit, guavasteen, guavasteen.

//feɪˈʒoʊ.ə// noun

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Noun

1
A South American evergreen shrub, Acca sellowiana (syn. Feijoa sellowiana).
2
dark-green kiwi-sized tropical fruit with white flesh; used chiefly for jellies and preserves wordnet
3
The green, ellipsoid fruit of this shrub, having a tart and sweet taste.
4
South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit wordnet

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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