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FEIJOA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dark-green kiwi-sized tropical fruit with white flesh; used chiefly for jellies and preserves

Synonyms:

feijoa; pineapple guava

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("feijoa" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("feijoa" is a part of...):

feijoa; feijoa bush (South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit

Synonyms:

feijoa; feijoa bush

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("feijoa" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Meronyms (parts of "feijoa"):

feijoa; pineapple guava (dark-green kiwi-sized tropical fruit with white flesh; used chiefly for jellies and preserves)

Holonyms ("feijoa" is a member of...):

genus Feijoa (small South American shrubs or trees)

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