Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A shrub (Parthenium argentatum) of the southwest United States and Mexico whose sap was considered a potential source of natural rubber during World War II.
WordNet 3.0
- n. much-branched subshrub with silvery leaves and small white flowers of Texas and northern Mexico; cultivated as a source of rubber
Etymologies
- American Spanish, from Nahuatl cuauhuli : cuahuitl, tree + uli, latex gum. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“All Yulex products are derived from a desert plant called guayule (why-you-lee) which is grown in commercial farms throughout southern Arizona.”
“The new latex is derived from the guayule bush, native to the Southwestern U.S.”
“Department of Agriculture to make a latex substitute from guayule, a desert plant in the Southwest that doesn't contain the allergy-triggering protein.”
“In the Southwest, the Intercontinental Rubber Company had 32,000 acres planted in guayule, Parthenium argentatum, a plant that yields 20 percent of its gross weight as pure white latex.”
“Among other things, it has introduced to the world grossly neglected plant species such as jojoba, guayule, leucaena, mangium, amaranth, and the winged bean.”
“Water quantity and quality requirements of guayule: current assessment.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘guayule’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
abdominal, absorbent, accelerator, accumulator, acebutolol, acetamide, acetanilide, acetate, acetic acid, acetone, acetous, acetyl and 1171 more...
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250 More Spelling Words
More words for intermediate and advanced spellers.
melisma, dioecious, jejunity, sialogogue, zingiber, zendik, dithyramb, pneuma, kachina, agiotage, baedeker, sabulous and 238 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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Nahuatl
"Spanish náhuatl, from Nahuatl, that which pleases the ear, from nahua-, audible, intelligent, clear."
- etymology from The American Heritage Dictionary
Nahuatl, Zapotec, Aztec, avocado, guacamole, amole, atlatl, axolotl, black sapote, cacao, cacomistle, chayote and 77 more...
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