feijoa

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/fiːˈdʒəʊə/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(fā yō′ə, -hō′ə)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
fei•jo•a  (fā yō′ə, -hō′ə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologya shrub, Feijoa sellowiana, of the myrtle family, native to South America, bearing edible, greenish, plumlike fruit.
  2. Plant Biologythe fruit of this shrub. Also called pineapple guava. 
  • Neo-Latin (1858), after João da Silva Feijó (1760–1824), Brazilian soldier and naturalist; see -a2

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
feijoa /fiːˈdʒəʊə/ n
  1. an evergreen myrtaceous shrub, Feijoa sellowiana, of South America
  2. the fruit of this shrub
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin, named after J. da Silva Feijo, 19th-century Spanish botanist
'feijoa' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
pineapple guava

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