guava (n.)

1550s, from Spanish guaya, variant of guayaba, from Arawakan (West Indies) guayabo "guava tree" or Tupi guajava.

also from 1550s

adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. Ngrams are probably unreliable.

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updated on September 28, 2017

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