guava

«guava» in Mova's school dictionary: A tropical fruit, round or pear-shaped, with green or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a guava, guavas)

meaning for a pupil

1) A tropical fruit, round or pear-shaped, with green or yellow skin and pink or white sweet flesh full of small seeds. tree →

2) The small tree that this fruit grows on. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and geography lessons on tropical plants and foods, and in stories set in hot countries such as India, Africa and the Caribbean. Guavas are rich in vitamin C. In Kipling's Just So Stories tropical fruits and trees fill the jungle.

examples

• I had guava juice for breakfast. tree →
• Guavas smell sweet when they are ripe. tree →
• The guava tree grows in hot countries. tree →
• Guavas have lots of vitamin C. tree →
• Gran made guava jam. tree →
• The monkey stole a guava from the tree. tree →

note

Pronounced GWAH-va. Countable: a guava, three guavas.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «guava» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.