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PRONUNCIATION OF GUARANA

guarana  [ɡwəˈrɑːnə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GUARANA

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Guarana is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GUARANA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

guarana

Guarana

Guarana (/ˌɡwɑrəˈnɑː/, from the Portuguese guaraná ), Paullinia cupana, syn. P. crysan, P. sorbilis) is a climbing plant in the maple family, Sapindaceae, native to the Amazon basin and especially common in Brazil. Guarana features large leaves and clusters of flowers, and is best known for its fruit, which is about the size of a coffee bean. As a dietary supplement, guarana is an effective stimulant: its seeds contain about twice the concentration of caffeine found in coffee beans (about 2–4.5% caffeine in guarana seeds compared to 1–2% for coffee beans). As with other plants producing caffeine, the high concentration of caffeine is a defensive toxin that repels herbivores from the berry and its seeds. The guarana fruit's colour ranges from brown to red and contains black seeds which are partly covered by white arils. The colour contrast when the fruit has been split open has been likened to eyeballs; this has formed the basis of a myth.

Definition of guarana in the English dictionary

The definition of guarana in the dictionary is a climbing shrub, Pauinia cupana, that is native to Venezuela and Brazil and whose seeds contain a higher concentration of caffeine than is found in coffee beans.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GUARANA


Africana
ˌæfrɪˈkɑːnə
Americana
əˌmɛrɪˈkɑːnə
banana
bəˈnɑːnə
Botswana
bʊˈtʃwɑːnə
garner
ˈɡɑːnə
Ghana
ˈɡɑːnə
Haryana
hərˈjɑːnə
Juliana
ˌdʒʊlɪˈɑːnə
kana
ˈkɑːnə
lana
ˈlɑːnə
Ljubljana
luːˈbljɑːnə
Ludhiana
ˌlʊdɪˈɑːnə
mana
ˈmɑːnə
marijuana
ˌmærɪˈhwɑːnə
nana
ˈnɑːnə
nirvana
nɪəˈvɑːnə
Purana
pʊˈrɑːnə
Tijuana
tiːˈwɑːnə
Tirana
tɪˈrɑːnə
Weimaraner
ˈvaɪməˌrɑːnə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GUARANA

guar
guar gum
guaracha
guarache
guarachi
Guarani
guarantee
guarantee form
guaranteed
guaranties
guarantor
guaranty
guard
guard band
guard cell
guard dog
guard duty
guard hair
guard of honour
guard ring

WORDS THAT END LIKE GUARANA

Adana
ana
bandana
cabana
campana
Cana
Dana
Diana
French Guiana
Guiana
Guyana
Habana
Havana
Indiana
kirana
Louisiana
Montana
prana
rana
Toscana

Synonyms and antonyms of guarana in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «guarana» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GUARANA

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Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

guaraná
570 millions of speakers

English

guarana
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Guarana
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غرنا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гуараны
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

guarana
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Guarana
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

guarana
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Guarana
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Guarana
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ガラナ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

구아라나
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Guarana
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

guarana
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

guarana
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुआराना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

guarana
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

guarana
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

guarana
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гуарани
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

guarana
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

guarana
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

guarana
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

guarana
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

guarana
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of guarana

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GUARANA»

The term «guarana» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.448 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GUARANA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about guarana

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GUARANA»

Discover the use of guarana in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to guarana and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals: A Handbook for ...
The occasionally suggested hypothesis that, in addition to the central stimulating effects of caffeine, guarana also exhibits pharmacological actions corresponding to those of Ginseng radix and therefore is categorized along with those drugs ...
Max Wichtl, 2004
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Alternative Medicine
Guarana is of Brazilian origin and is a dried paste made from the crushed seeds of Paullinia cupana. The shrub is widely cultivated in Brazil and the Amazon basin as a valuable cash crop. It is highly sought after as an ingredient in stimulant ...
Dónal O'Mathúna, Walter L. Larimore, 2006
3
The Health Professional's Guide to Popular Dietary Supplements
Guarana. Guarana is extracted from the seeds of a South American creeping shrub grown almost exclusively in a small area of northern Brazil. Guarana is named after the Guarani Amazonian tribe that originally used the seeds to brew tea.
Allison Sarubin-Fragakis, 2007
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The Health Professional's Guide to Dietary Supplements
for the use of caffeine on the claims of mental and physical performance, claims for the use of guarana as a whole herb remain largely unfounded. SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT Weight Loss Although guarana has been tested in studies of weight ...
Shawn M. Talbott, Kerry Hughes, 2007
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Amino Acids and Proteins for the Athlete: The Anabolic Edge, ...
... theobromine and theophylline, and tannins. While the effects of guarana are felt to be a result of the guaranine content (similar to caffeine) some studies show that the treatment of rats with an equivalent amount of caffeine found in guarana ...
Mauro G. Di Pasquale, 2007
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Beginning Nokia Apps Development: Qt and HTML5 for Symbian ...
Since QtWebKit is a standards compliant HTML5 browser, any widget set that runs in HTML5 should work fine. jQuery or jQuery Mobile seem especially popular, but any library should work. For this example, let's use Guarana, a UI library built ...
Daniel Zucker, Ray Rischpater, 2010
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Nuts and Seeds in Health and Disease Prevention
Guarana, Paullinia cupana (Family: Saponidaceae; Genus: Paullinia), is a woody spiny or sprawling shrub native to the Amazon Basin. The guarana fruit, which approximates the size of a coffee berry, is brown to red in color, with a black seed  ...
Victor R. Preedy, Ronald Ross Watson, Vinood B. Patel, 2011
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Effects of Psychoactive Chemicals on Commercial Driver ...
For guarana, improvements were seen across attention tasks (but with reduced accuracy) and on a sentence verification task. Both ginseng and the ginseng/ guarana combination increased the speed of attention task performance, and ...
Gerald P Krueger, Howard M Leaman, Gene Bergoffen, 2011
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Naturally Good Magazine
Guarana: The. New. Ritalin. For. The. Rest. Of. Us. One of the most common complaints among those suffering with chronic disease and illness is fatigue, exhaustion, and an inability to concentrate. When the immune system is weakened, ...
Thomas Corriher, Sarah Cain, 2008
10
Karch's Pathology of Drug Abuse, Fourth Edition
Guarana seeds contain more caffeine (4–5%) than any other plant and are the main source of commercial caffeine. In addition, the leaves contain large amounts of theobromine (Carlson and Thompson, 1998), a close relative of caffeine.
Steven B. Karch, Olaf Drummer, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GUARANA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term guarana is used in the context of the following news items.
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Functional food category report 2015
Ingredients like chia seeds and guarana are no longer reserved for trendy, gym-going vegans; they are being embraced by a growing number ... «The Grocer, Jul 15»
2
BENEO Showcases Natural Energy Management Options at IFT
At the same time consumers try to avoid other products like caffeine or guarana that only provide "energy" by manipulating our central nervous ... «SYS-CON Media, Jul 15»
3
Samba, barbecue, Brazilian cocktails — all in Toronto for the Pan …
Guarana: a ginger-ale-like soft drink. Havaianas: a Brazilian brand of flip-flops. Pacoquinha: a sweet peanut snack. Sabor Brasil, a restaurant ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
4
Damian Erskine: Coffeeshop Conversations #30: Leaping genres in …
Tom Guarana adds sweetness and light on guitar. Guarana provides melody and Colligan lightning to the thunder of Melz and Erskine. There is ... «Oregon Music News, Jul 15»
5
United States Energy Drinks Market 2015-2019 - Leading Players …
... extracts from organic raw green coffee beans and organic guarana (which boost physical and mental performance), ginseng, gingko biloba, ... «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
6
FSSAI to review caffeine standards in beverages
Caffeinated and energy drinks are non-alcoholic beverages containing caffeine, guarana, glucuronolactone, taurine, ginseng, inositol, ... «Livemint, Jul 15»
7
Gum, Mint and Breath Fresheners Market – Global Industry Analysis …
Gum, mint, and breath freshener which comes with functional ingredients such as caffeine, ginseng and guarana are driving the global mint, ... «Medgadget.com, Jul 15»
8
From Kangaroos' dietitian to Kakadu plum entrepreneur
So move over China with your pomelos and gojis and Brazil with your guarana beans and acai berries; Kakadu plums need some shelf space. «BRW, Jul 15»
9
United States Energy Drinks Market 2015-2019 - Growing Demand …
... extracts from organic raw green coffee beans and organic guarana (which boost physical and mental performance), ginseng, gingko biloba, ... «GlobeNewswire, Jul 15»
10
Health benefits of guarana
Guarana contains caffeine, the stimulant found in coffee, tea, yerba mate, colas and chocolate. “Guarana also contains a whole mix of other ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jun 15»

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