Definitions for guano

guano gua·no

Spelling: [gwah-noh]
IPA: /ˈgwɑ noʊ/

Guano is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 46 anagrams from letters in guano (agnou).

Definitions for guano

noun

  1. a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found especially on islands near the Peruvian coast.
  2. any similar substance, as an artificial fertilizer made from fish.

Origin of guano

1595-1605; Spanish: fertilizer, dung; American Spanish huano dung Quechua wanu dung for fuel, fertilizer

Examples for guano

He was the man who said my browns were all put in with guano.

It will not do to put the guano in the hill and plant the corn upon it.

All agreed however, that if wheat did grow, guano should have the credit for it.

"I thought you gentlemen were in the guano business," says I, when he had finished.

We see by this, that the crop used the whole strength of the guano.

It has been frequently objected to the use of guano, that it is not permanent.

In this case the guano was plowed in about four inches deep.

Crops of 30 and sometimes 40 bushels have been obtained to the acre with guano.

The evidence in favor of guano in this case, needs no comment.

This is not only the most valuable, but is found in the largest quantities of any other guano known.

Word Value for guano
Scrable

6

Words with friends

9

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