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guava (tree)
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese pera (“pear”). Cognate with English pear, Italian pera, Spanish pera, Tagalog peras, Dhivehi ފޭރު (fēru), Bengali পেয়ারা (peẏara), French poire, Malagasy poara, Marathi पेरू (perū) and Swahili pera.
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