Guava, the Glossary
Guava is a common tropical fruit cultivated in many tropical and subtropical regions.[1]
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96 relations: Agua fresca, Anastrepha suspensa, Arawakan languages, Bacteria, Berry (botany), Bocadillo (dessert), Calorie, Cambridge University Press, Carbohydrate, Caribbean, Carotenoid, Caterpillar, Cayenne pepper, Central America, Chamoy (sauce), Chipley, Florida, Cosmetics, Costa del Sol, Cuban pastry, Culinary arts, Cultivar, Dietary fiber, Erinnyis ello, Erwinia psidii, Eupseudosoma aberrans, Eupseudosoma involutum, Extinction, Family (biology), Fat, Feijoa sellowiana, Florida, Folate, Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database, Fort Pierce, Florida, Fruit preserves, Fungus, Gallocatechol, Goiabada, Habitat destruction, Hawaii, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Hypercompe icasia, India, Infusion, Invasive species, Lepidoptera, Leucocyanidin, Li hing mui, Linoleic acid, Lycopene, ... Expand index (46 more) »
- Belizean cuisine
Agua fresca
Aguas frescas (italic) are light non-alcoholic beverages made from one or more fruits, cereals, flowers, or seeds blended with sugar and water.
Anastrepha suspensa
Anastrepha suspensa, known as the Caribbean fruit fly, the Greater Antillean fruit fly, guava fruit fly, or the Caribfly, is a species of tephritid fruit fly.
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Arawakan languages
Arawakan (Arahuacan, Maipuran Arawakan, "mainstream" Arawakan, Arawakan proper), also known as Maipurean (also Maipuran, Maipureano, Maipúre), is a language family that developed among ancient indigenous peoples in South America.
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Bacteria
Bacteria (bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell.
Berry (botany)
In botany, a berry is a fleshy fruit without a stone (pit) produced from a single flower containing one ovary. Guava and berry (botany) are berries.
Bocadillo (dessert)
Guava jelly (Spanish: bocadillo (de guayaba), "guava snack"), guava jelly, or guava paste, is a Hispanic American confection made with guava pulp and panela, which is consumed abundantly throughout Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela.
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Calorie
The calorie is a unit of energy that originated from the caloric theory of heat.
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Carbohydrate
A carbohydrate is a biomolecule consisting of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) atoms, usually with a hydrogen–oxygen atom ratio of 2:1 (as in water) and thus with the empirical formula (where m may or may not be different from n), which does not mean the H has covalent bonds with O (for example with, H has a covalent bond with C but not with O).
Caribbean
The Caribbean (el Caribe; les Caraïbes; de Caraïben) is a subregion of the Americas that includes the Caribbean Sea and its islands, some of which are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some of which border both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean; the nearby coastal areas on the mainland are sometimes also included in the region.
Carotenoid
Carotenoids are yellow, orange, and red organic pigments that are produced by plants and algae, as well as several bacteria, archaea, and fungi.
Caterpillar
Caterpillars are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).
Cayenne pepper
The cayenne pepper is a type of Capsicum annuum.
Central America
Central America is a subregion of North America.
Chamoy (sauce)
Chamoy is a variety of savory sauces and condiments in Mexican cuisine made from pickled fruit.
Chipley, Florida
Chipley is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Florida, United States, located between Tallahassee and Pensacola.
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Cosmetics
Cosmetics are composed of mixtures of chemical compounds derived from either natural sources or synthetically created ones.
Costa del Sol
The Costa del Sol (literally "Coast of the Sun") is a region in the south of Spain in the autonomous community of Andalusia, comprising the coastal towns and communities along the coastline of the Province of Málaga and the eastern part of Campo de Gibraltar in Cádiz.
Cuban pastry
Cuban pastries (known in Spanish as pasteles or pastelitos) are baked puff pastry–type pastries filled with sweet or savory fillings. Guava and Cuban pastry are Cuban cuisine.
Culinary arts
Culinary arts are the cuisine arts of food preparation, cooking, and presentation of food, usually in the form of meals.
Cultivar
A cultivar is a kind of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and which retains those traits when propagated.
Dietary fiber
Dietary fiber (fibre in Commonwealth English) or roughage is the portion of plant-derived food that cannot be completely broken down by human digestive enzymes.
Erinnyis ello
Erinnyis ello, the ello sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Erwinia psidii
Erwinia psidii is a Gram-negative bacterium and a phytopathogen of the common guava (Psidium guajava), causing rot in branches, flowers and fruits.
Eupseudosoma aberrans
Eupseudosoma aberrans is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by William Schaus in 1905.
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Eupseudosoma involutum
Eupseudosoma involutum, the snowy eupseudosoma, is a moth of the family Erebidae.
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Extinction
Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.
Family (biology)
Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.
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Fat
In nutrition, biology, and chemistry, fat usually means any ester of fatty acids, or a mixture of such compounds, most commonly those that occur in living beings or in food.
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Feijoa sellowiana
Feijoa sellowiana also known as Acca sellowiana (O.Berg) Burret, is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae.
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Florida
Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Folate
Folate, also known as vitamin B9 and folacin, is one of the B vitamins.
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Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database
The Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database (FAOSTAT) website disseminates statistical data collected and maintained by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
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Fort Pierce, Florida
Fort Pierce is a city in and the county seat of St. Lucie County, Florida, United States.
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Fruit preserves
Fruit preserves are preparations of fruits whose main preserving agent is sugar and sometimes acid, often stored in glass jars and used as a condiment or spread.
Fungus
A fungus (fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.
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Gallocatechol
Gallocatechol or gallocatechin (GC) is a flavan-3-ol, a type of chemical compound including catechin, with the gallate residue being in an isomeric trans position.
Goiabada
Goiabada (from ''Portuguese'' goiaba, guava) is a conserve made of red guavas and sugar, commonly found throughout the Portuguese-speaking countries of the world.
Habitat destruction
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species.
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Hawaii
Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.
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Honolulu Star-Bulletin
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin was a daily newspaper based in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.
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Hypercompe icasia
Hypercompe icasia is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777.
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
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Infusion
Infusion is the process of extracting chemical compounds or flavors from plant material in a solvent such as water, oil or alcohol, by allowing the material to remain suspended in the solvent over time (a process often called steeping).
Invasive species
An invasive species is an introduced species that harms its new environment.
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Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera or lepidopterans is an order of winged insects that includes butterflies and moths.
Leucocyanidin
Leucocyanidin is a colorless chemical compound that is a member of the class of natural products known as leucoanthocyanidins.
Li hing mui
Li hing mui, known as huamei in mainland China, is salty dried Chinese plum (Prunus mume).
Linoleic acid
Linoleic acid (LA) is an organic compound with the formula.
Lycopene
Lycopene is an organic compound classified as a tetraterpene and a carotene.
Marmalade
Marmalade (from the Portuguese marmelada) is a fruit preserve made from the juice and peel of citrus fruits boiled with sugar and water.
Málaga
Málaga is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia.
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Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.
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Mite
Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods).
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Moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies.
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Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae, the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales.
Myrteae
Myrteae is the largest tribe in the plant family Myrtaceae.
Neopestalotiopsis
Neopestalotiopsis is a genus of plant pathogens in the family Sporocadaceae.
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Online Etymology Dictionary
The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper.
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Parasitism
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.
Pectin
Pectin (πηκτικός: "congealed" and "curdled") is a heteropolysaccharide, a structural acid contained in the primary lamella, in the middle lamella, and in the cell walls of terrestrial plants.
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Pest (organism)
A pest is any organism harmful to humans or human concerns.
Pestalotiopsis
Pestalotiopsis is a genus of ascomycete fungi in the Sporocadaceae family.
Phytochemical
Phytochemicals are chemical compounds produced by plants, generally to help them resist fungi, bacteria and plant virus infections, and also consumption by insects and other animals.
Polyphenol
Polyphenols are a large family of naturally occurring phenols.
Pronematus pruni
Pronematus pruni is a species of mite belonging to the family Tydeidae.
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Protein (nutrient)
Proteins are essential nutrients for the human body.
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Psidium
Psidium is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Myrtaceae.
Psidium amplexicaule
Psidium amplexicaule, which is commonly known as mountain guava, is a species in the family Myrtaceae that is native to the Caribbean (Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and the Leeward Islands) and northeastern Brazil.
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Psidium cattleyanum
Psidium cattleyanum (World Plants: Psidium cattleianum), commonly known as Cattley guava, strawberry guava or cherry guava, is a small tree (2–6 m tall) in the Myrtaceae (myrtle) family. Guava and Psidium cattleyanum are edible fruits.
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Psidium guajava
Psidium guajava, the common guava, yellow guava, lemon guava, or apple guava is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to the Caribbean, Central America and South America.
Pulque
Pulque (metoctli), occasionally known as octli or agave wine, is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented sap of the maguey (agave) plant.
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Punch (drink)
The term punch refers to a wide assortment of drinks, both non-alcoholic and alcoholic, generally containing fruits or fruit juice.
Pupa
A pupa (pupae) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages.
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Purdue University
Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system.
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Reference Daily Intake
In the U.S. and Canada, the Reference Daily Intake (RDI) is used in nutrition labeling on food and dietary supplement products to indicate the daily intake level of a nutrient that is considered to be sufficient to meet the requirements of 97–98% of healthy individuals in every demographic in the United States.
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Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota is a city in and the county seat of Sarasota County, Florida, United States.
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Sinigang
Sinigang is a Filipino soup or stew characterized by its sour and savory taste.
Smoking (cooking)
Smoking is the process of flavoring, browning, cooking, or preserving food by exposing it to smoke from burning or smoldering material, most often wood.
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Spanish language
Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.
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Species
A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.
Stamen
The stamen (stamina or stamens) is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower.
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Subtropics
The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical and climate zones to the north and south of the tropics.
Taíno language
Taíno is an extinct Arawakan language that was spoken by the Taíno people of the Caribbean.
Tephritidae
The Tephritidae are one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophilidae.
Tomato
The tomato is the edible berry of the plant Solanum lycopersicum, commonly known as the tomato plant.
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Tonne
The tonne (or; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.
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Traditional medicine
Traditional medicine (also known as indigenous medicine or folk medicine) comprises medical aspects of traditional knowledge that developed over generations within the folk beliefs of various societies, including indigenous peoples, before the era of modern medicine.
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Tree
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves.
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Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank above genus, but below family and subfamily.
Tropical fruit
There are many fruits that typically grow in warm tropical climates or equatorial areas. Guava and tropical fruit are edible fruits.
Tydeus munsteri
Tydeus munsteri is a species of mite belonging to the family Tydeidae.
Vitamin C
Vitamin C (also known as ascorbic acid and ascorbate) is a water-soluble vitamin found in citrus and other fruits, berries and vegetables.
Waldo, Florida
Waldo is a city in Alachua County, Florida, United States.
World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions
The World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) is a biogeographical system developed by the international Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) organization, formerly the International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases.
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16th century
The 16th century began with the Julian year 1501 (represented by the Roman numerals MDI) and ended with either the Julian or the Gregorian year 1600 (MDC), depending on the reckoning used (the Gregorian calendar introduced a lapse of 10 days in October 1582).
See also
Belizean cuisine
- Ancient Maya cuisine
- Asham (dessert)
- Balché
- Belikin
- Belizean cuisine
- Bile up
- Breadfruit
- Brown stew chicken
- Burrito
- Callaloo
- Ceviche
- Chayote
- Chicken curry
- Coconut milk
- Coconut rice
- Conch fritter
- Conch soup
- Cooking banana
- Corn tortilla
- Curry
- Curtido
- Dried and salted cod
- Duckanoo
- Edam cheese
- Empanada
- Escabeche
- Flour tortilla
- Fry jack
- Fufu
- Garlic
- Garnacha (food)
- Guava
- Habanero
- Jackfruit
- Jerk (cooking)
- Johnnycake
- Kebab
- Meat pie
- Mesoamerican cuisine
- Recado rojo
- Rice and peas
- Salbute
- Taco
- Tamale
- Tamalito
- Tapado
- Tortilla chip
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guava
Also known as Amrood, Bayaba, Guava juice, Guavas, Guayaba, Peru fruit, Peyara.
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