HEVEA

Hevea, rubber tree, genus Hevea

(noun) small genus of South American trees yielding latex; “rubber trees are usually cultivated in plantations”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

hevea (plural heveas)

(botany) Any of the genus Hevea of flowering plants in the spurge family, including the economically important rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis.

Anagrams

• heave

Source: Wiktionary



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