feijoa

UK: /fiːˈdʒəʊə/ US: (fā yō′ə, -hō′ə)

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fei•jo•a  (fā yō′ə, -hō′ə), n. 

1. Plant Biology a shrub, Feijoa sellowiana, of the myrtle family, native to South America, bearing edible, greenish, plumlike fruit.
2. Plant Biology the fruit of this shrub. Also called pineapple guava. 

• Neo-Latin (1858), after João da Silva Feijó (1760–1824), Brazilian soldier and naturalist; see -a²

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feijoa / fiːˈdʒəʊə/ noun

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