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guayule
[ gwah-yoo-lee, wah-; Spanish gwah-yoo-le ]
noun
, plural gua·yu·les [gwah-, yoo, -leez, wah-, gwah-, yoo, -les].
- a composite shrub, Parthenium argentatum, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, yielding a form of rubber.
- the rubber obtained from this plant.
guayule
/ ɡwəˈjuːlɪ /
noun
- a bushy shrub, Parthenium argentatum, of the southwestern US: family Asteraceae (composites)
- rubber derived from the sap of this plant
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Word History and Origins
Origin of guayule1
1905–10, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl cuauholli or huauholli, equivalent to cuahu ( itl ) tree or huauh ( tli ) amaranth + olli rubber
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Word History and Origins
Origin of guayule1
from American Spanish, from Nahuatl cuauhuli, from cuahuitl tree + uli gum
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Example Sentences
“Guayule” is a resinous rubber secured from a two-foot shrub that grows on the arid plains of Texas and Northern Mexico.
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The guayule shrub is now a further source of Mexican rubber.
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In 1911 seven thousand tons of guayule were imported from Mexico; in 1917 only seventeen hundred tons.
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The only native source so far utilized is the guayule, which grows wild on the deserts of the Mexican and the American border.
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When chopped up and macerated guayule gives a satisfactory quality of caoutchouc in profitable amounts.
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