Guayules

/ɡwaɪˈulis/ noun

Definition

Plural of guayule; multiple rubber-producing shrubs or multiple instances of guayule plants.

Etymology

Spanish plural form of guayule, formed by replacing the final -e with -es according to standard Spanish pluralization rules.

Kelly Says

Guayule plantations were literally established across the American Southwest during wartime, and abandoned after the war—some experimental fields left a botanical ghost of 1940s American desperation.

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