Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GUA'VA, n.

An American tree, and its fruit, of the genus Psidium. It is of two species, the pyriferum or white guava, and pomiferum or red guava. The fruit or berry is large and oval shaped, like a pomegranate, which it resembles in its astringent quality. The pulp is of an agreeable flavor, and of this fruit is made a delicious jelly. Encyc.