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HEVEA BRASILIENSIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does Hevea brasiliensis mean?

• HEVEA BRASILIENSIS (noun)
The noun HEVEA BRASILIENSIS has 1 sense:

1. deciduous tree of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers having leathery leaves and fragrant yellow-white flowers; the rubber tree usually cultivated in plantations; chief source of Para rubber

Familiarity information: HEVEA BRASILIENSIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HEVEA BRASILIENSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Hevea brasiliensis ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Deciduous tree of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers having leathery leaves and fragrant yellow-white flowers; the rubber tree usually cultivated in plantations; chief source of Para rubber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

caoutchouc tree; Hevea brasiliensis; para rubber tree

Hypernyms ("Hevea brasiliensis" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

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