English: Guava

Spanish: Guayaba

Type: Food

Meaning: guava

La guayaba es una fruta pequeña, redonda, y amarilla de buen sabor. Según un libro que tengo sobre plantas de la cultura Maya, las hojas se pueden masticar (pero no tragar!) para dolor de muela. (The guava is a small, good tasting, round, yellow fruit. According to a book I have about plants of the Maya culture, its leaves may be chewed---but not swallowed!---to cure a toothache.)