# feijoa

> English word · Noun · IPA /feɪˈʒoʊ.ə/

## Definitions
1. A South American evergreen shrub, Acca sellowiana (syn. Feijoa sellowiana).
2. The green, ellipsoid fruit of this shrub, having a tart and sweet taste.

## Etymology
From the New Latin former genus name Feijoa, which was named after Portuguese botanist João da Silva Feijó by the German botanist Otto Karl Berg.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/feijoa