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Guaco
- - A plant (Aristolochia anguicida) of Carthagena, used as an antidote to serpent bites. Lindley. (b) The Mikania Guaco, of Brazil, used for the same purpose.
Guama
- noun - tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers; used as shade for coffee plantations
Guano
- noun - the excrement of sea birds; used as fertilizer
Guans
- noun - any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae; native to jungles of tropical America; resembling the curassows and valued as food
Guara
- - The scarlet ibis. See Ibis. (b) A large-maned wild dog of South America (Canis jubatus) -- named from its cry.
Guard
- noun - (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage; "guards must be good blockers"
- a device designed to prevent injury or accidents
- a military unit serving to protect some place or person
- a person who keeps watch over something or someone
- a position on a basketball team
- a posture of defence in boxing or fencing; "keep your guard up"
- a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.; "he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution"; "an insurance policy is a good safeguard"; "we let our guard down"
- protect against a challenge or attack; "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"
- take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence; "guard against becoming too friendly with the staff"; "guard against infection"
- the duty of serving as a sentry; "he was on guard that night"
- the person who plays that positio
Guars
- noun - drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material
Guava
- noun - small tropical American shrubby tree; widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruit
- small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit
- tropical fruit having yellow skin and pink pulp; eaten fresh or used for e.g. jellies
GUBBA
- unknown - Whitefella, non Aboriginal person of European descent.
An Aboriginal term for a white man.
Said to be a shortening of the word " government man " which is 19th century slang for "convict'