How to Use guayule in a Sentence

guayule

noun
Definition of guayulenext
  • Although the rubber tree is carefully cut and tapped, the guayule is chopped to the ground and its branches mashed up to extract the latex.
    — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 12 June 2019
  • The guayule produces natural rubber and appears to be the future of racing tires.
    — Mark Long, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 May 2022
  • Though guayule has a ways to go on the road to commercialization, the researchers involved are optimistic.
    — Ula Chrobak, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Harvesting guayule was once an ambition in the United States.
    — Ted Evanoff, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2018
  • The guayule is a cheaper, more sustainable alternative that renews itself in about three years and needs about 50% less water than other crops.
    — Mark Long, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 May 2022
  • In Japan, Bridgestone has made experimental tires of guayule rubber.
    — Ted Evanoff, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2018
  • New crops like hemp, which has enormous potential yet remains mired in red tape, and guayule, a desert rubber plant that the Bridgestone tire company is developing, offer glimmers of hope.
    — Bill Hatcher, National Geographic, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Yulex, based in San Diego, capitalizes on the lighter, more flexible rubber produced by guayule, and the lack of allergy-trigger latex proteins, to make wetsuits, activewear, and other products.
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 8 Sep. 2022
  • In guayule processing, the bushes are ground up, and rubber and resin are extracted using a solvent, leaving behind a dry, sawdustlike material called bagasse.
    — Ula Chrobak, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2022
  • It is partially composed of a new sustainable natural rubber derived from the guayule (y-U-lee) shrub, which requires less harvesting than traditional sources of rubber.
    — Bruce Martin, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • For decades, researchers have been investigating guayule (Parthenium argentatum) as a potential commercial source of natural rubber.
    — Ula Chrobak, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2022

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