guayusa

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish guayusa. === Noun === guayusa (plural guayusas) A tree native to the Amazon Rainforest, Ilex guayusa, whose leaves contain caffeine and are brewed like a tea for their stimulative effect. ==== See also ==== yerba mate === Further reading === Ilex guayusa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Spanish == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -usa Syllabification: gua‧yu‧sa === Noun === guayusa f (plural guayusas) (Ecuador) guayusa, Ilex guayusa (a tree of the holly genus, brewed as a tea) (Bolivia, Peru) Piper callosum (a bush of the pepper genus, used medicinally in Bolivia, Peru, and Brazil) === Further reading === “guayusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 guayusa on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es