What (who) is guayule - definition
guayule
[gw??'u:li]
¦ noun
1. a silver-leaved Mexican shrub which yields large amounts of latex. [Parthenium argentatum.]
2. a rubber substitute made from this latex.
Origin
early 20th cent.: via Latin Amer. Sp. from Nahuatl cuauhuli.
Manzanar Guayule Project
HORTICULTURE PROJECT
Draft:Manzanar Guayule Project
The Manzanar Guayule Project began in April 1942, in the Manzanar internment camp. The objective of the project was to produce a domestic source of rubber after the Axis powers had gained control of areas that supplied rubber from Hevea braziliensis.
