guayule

Definition of Guayule in English :

much-branched subshrub with silvery leaves and small white flowers of Texas and northern Mexico; cultivated as a source of rubber

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Guayule

noun

1.

a bushy shrub, Parthenium argentatum, of the southwestern US: family Asteraceae (composites)

2.

rubber derived from the sap of this plant

noun

1.

a small shrub (Parthenium argentatum) of the composite family, grown in N Mexico, Texas, etc. for the rubber obtained from it

2.

this rubber

: also guayule rubber

n.

A shrub (Parthenium argentatum) native to Texas and Mexico that yields large amounts of latex.