Guayule
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Guayule is a noun meaning Parthenium argentatum, a flowering shrub in the aster family.
Meaning
Parthenium argentatum, a flowering shrub in the aster family.
Example Sentences
Interest in guayule as an alternative returned during World War II, when the Japanese cut off access to hevea-based rubber, spurring the Emergency Rubber Project, which involved thousands of scientists, technicians and laborers, some of them Japanese internees.
Word Forms
- guayules
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include guayacan, ragwort, sundance, cuichunchulli, yareta, chicalote.
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