guayusa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guayusa.

Noun

guayusa (plural guayusas)

  1. A tree native to the Amazon Rainforest, Ilex guayusa, whose leaves contain caffeine and are brewed like a tea for their stimulative effect.
    • 2017, Tyler Gage, Fully Alive: Using the Lessons of the Amazon to Live Your Mission in Business and Life‎[1], Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
      One thing for certain is that every guayusa tree that exists today was planted by a person, and this reciprocal relationship between humans and guayusa stretches back thousands of years. The earliest physical evidence of guayusa use is a bundle of the plant dating back to around A.D. 500, which was found in a shaman's tomb in the Bolivian Andes.

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Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ɡwaˈʝusa/ [ɡwaˈʝu.sa] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /ɡwaˈʃusa/ [ɡwaˈʃu.sa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ɡwaˈʒusa/ [ɡwaˈʒu.sa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -usa
  • Syllabification: gua‧yu‧sa

Noun

guayusa f (plural guayusas)

  1. (Ecuador) guayusa, Ilex guayusa (a tree of the holly genus, brewed as a tea)
    • 2015 April 9, “Feria busca evitar intermediarios”, in El Universo‎[2]:
      Plátano, maracuyá, piña, caña de azúcar, naranjilla, guayusa y frutilla fueron algunos de los productos comercializados ayer en la primera feria denominada Del productor al consumidor, desarrollada en los exteriores del Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca (Magap), en el norte.
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  2. (Bolivia, Peru) Piper callosum (a bush of the pepper genus, used medicinally in Bolivia, Peru, and Brazil)

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