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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THEORETICAL

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Coffee Trivia

Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.

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