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jagua

/ˈxaɡwa/

noun, feminine/ˈxaɡwa/plural: jaguas

a fruit tree native to the North and South American tropics, Genipa americana, with an edible fruit that, while still unripe, contains a colored juice used in body painting; the fruit of this tree

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xahualli.

noun, feminine/ˈxaɡwa/plural: jaguas

the fruit of a species of palm tree, the jagua palm