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guayule

gua·yu·le [ gwaa ylee ] (plural gua·yu·les)


noun  Southwestern U.S. 
Definition:
 
1. rubber: rubber made from the sap of an American bush

2. bush that provides rubber: the bush whose sap is a source of guayule. Native to: southwestern United States, Mexico.  Latin name Parthenium argentatum.

[Early 20th century. Via American Spanish< Nahuatl cuauhuli "gum tree"]
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