Associations to the word «Feijoa»

Wiktionary

FEIJOA, noun. A South American evergreen shrub, Acca sellowiana, formerly Feijoa sellowiana, having sweet, tart fruit.
FEIJOA, noun. The green, ellipsoid fruit of this shrub.

Dictionary definition

FEIJOA, noun. South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit.
FEIJOA, noun. Dark-green kiwi-sized tropical fruit with white flesh; used chiefly for jellies and preserves.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats