[gwah-vuh] 
| 1. | any of numerous tropical and subtropical American trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Psidium, of the myrtle family, esp. P. guajava, bearing large, yellow, round to pear-shaped fruit, and P. littorale, bearing smaller, yellowish to deep-red, oval fruit. |
| 2. | the fruit, used for making jam, jelly, etc. |
| gua·va (gwä'və) n.
[Spanish guayaba, perhaps of Arawakan origin.] |