[ gwʌɪ'u:li ]
■ noun
1》 a silver-leaved Mexican shrub which yields large amounts of latex. [ Parthenium argentatum .]
2》 a rubber substitute made from this latex.
Origin
early 20th cent.: via Latin Amer. Sp. from Nahuatl cuauhuli .
[ gwʌɪ'u:li ]
■ noun
1》 a silver-leaved Mexican shrub which yields large amounts of latex. [ Parthenium argentatum .]
2》 a rubber substitute made from this latex.
Origin
early 20th cent.: via Latin Amer. Sp. from Nahuatl cuauhuli .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004