Guava, gwa'va, a genus of shrubs and small tropical trees. The common or white guava is from seven to twenty feet in height, and bears smooth, yellow, pearshaped fruit, the size of a hen's egg. The rind is thin and crisp. The pulp is flesh colored, sweet, and aromatic, full of bony seeds. The rind is used for marmalade. Very excellent preserves are made of the pulp. The guava is cultivated in the East and in the West Indies.