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guayusa en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guayusa.

Meanings

1. A tree native to the Amazon Rainforest, Ilex guayusa, whose leaves contain caffeine and are brewed like a tea for their stimulative effect.
   • One thing for certain is that every guayusa tree that exists today was planted by a person, and this reciprocal relationship between humans and guayusa stretches back thousands of years. The earliest physical evidence of guayusa use is a bundle of the plant dating back to around A.D. 500, which was found in a shaman's tomb in the Bolivian Andes. 2017, Tyler Gage, Fully Alive: Using the Lessons of the Amazon to Live Your Mission in Business and Life, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

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