Definition of feijoa Feijoa

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What does feijoa mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: feijoas
feijoa - South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit
		feijoa bush
		shrub, bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
		genus feijoa small South American shrubs or trees
feijoa - dark-green kiwi-sized tropical fruit with white flesh; used chiefly for jellies and preserves
		pineapple guava
		edible fruit edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh

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Wiktionary

feijoa (Noun)
A South American evergreen shrub, Feijoa sellowiana , having sweet, tart fruit.

Wikipedia

The Feijoa ("Feijoa sellowiana", synonym "Acca sellowiana"), also known as Pineapple Guava or Guavasteen, is an evergreen shrub or small tree, 1-7 m in height. It comes from the highlands of southern Brazil, parts of Colombia, Uruguay and northern Argentina.

Description of fruit and plant.

The fruit matures in autumn and is green, chicken-egg-sized, and ellipsoid-shaped. It has a sweet, aromatic flavour. The flesh is juicy. The fruit drops when ripe, but can be picked from the tree before to prevent bruising. Feijoa fruit have a distinctive smell. The ester methyl benzoate smells strongly of feijoas and the aroma of the fruit is caused mostly by this and other closely related esters.

Growing conditions.

It is a warm-temperate to subtropical plant that will also grow in the tropics but requires some winter chilling to fruit. In the northern hemisphere it has been cultivated as far north as western Scotland but does not fruit every year, as winter temperatures below about -9°C will kill the flower buds. Large quantities are grown in New Zealand, where the fruit is a popular garden tree and the fruit is commonly available in season.

Consumption and uses.

The fruit is usually eaten by cutting it in half, then scooping out the pulp with a spoon. The fruits have a juicy sweet seed pulp, and slightly gritty flesh nearer the skin. The flavour is aromatic and sweet. If the utensils needed to eat it this way are not available, the feijoa can be torn or bitten in half, and the contents