GUAMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does guama mean? 

• GUAMA (noun)
  The noun GUAMA has 1 sense:

1. tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers; used as shade for coffee plantations

  Familiarity information: GUAMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUAMA (noun)

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Meaning:

Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers; used as shade for coffee plantations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

guama; Inga laurina

Hypernyms ("guama" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("guama" is a member of...):

genus Inga (genus of tropical trees or shrubs)