guayule

[ gwah-yoo-lee, wah-; Spanish gwah-yoo-le ]

noun

, plural gua·yu·les [gwah-, yoo, -leez, wah-, gwah-, yoo, -les].

1. a composite shrub, Parthenium argentatum, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, yielding a form of rubber.
2. the rubber obtained from this plant.

guayule

/ ɡwəˈjuːlɪ /

noun

1. a bushy shrub, Parthenium argentatum, of the southwestern US: family Asteraceae (composites)
2. rubber derived from the sap of this plant

Word History and Origins

Origin of guayule¹

1905–10, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl cuauholli or huauholli, equivalent to cuahu ( itl ) tree or huauh ( tli ) amaranth + olli rubber

Word History and Origins

Origin of guayule¹

from American Spanish, from Nahuatl cuauhuli, from cuahuitl tree + uli gum

Example Sentences

In Arizona, too, guayule thrives amidst drought, its blue-green leaves set apart from dry dirt at a research and development farm operated by the tire company Bridgestone.

From Seattle Times

The TK dandelion work was published recently in Industrial Crops and Products, and the guayule research in Environmental Technology & Innovation.

From Science Daily

That made it possible for Firestone to provide tires with rubber derived from the guayule desert shrub at all five street circuits of the 17-race IndyCar season.

From Seattle Times

The tire manufacturer Bridgestone has operated a demonstration-scale processing facility in central Arizona for the past decade in an effort to show that guayule can eventually be harvested for natural rubber at a commercial scale.

From Scientific American

The tire is partially composed of a new sustainable natural rubber derived from the guayule shrub, which requires less re-harvesting than traditional sources of rubber.

From Seattle Times