hevea
English
editEtymology
editFrom the genus name.
Noun
edithevea (plural heveas)
- (botany) Any of the genus Hevea of flowering plants in the spurge family, including the economically important rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis.
- 2015 August 18, Diane Cardwell, “Making Tires From a Desert Shrub Found in the U.S.”, in New York Times[1]:
- Tire executives say that global demand for tires, which use as much as 70 percent of the world’s rubber supply, will expand as less developed nations industrialize, requiring roughly 21 million additional acres of hevea, the source of natural rubber, by 2024.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editFrom the genus name Hevea, from Quechua hyeve (“rubber tree”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithevea f (plural hevees)
- rubber tree (plant in the genus Hevea)
- Synonyms: arbre del cautxú, siringa
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “hevea” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Romanian
editEtymology
editNoun
edithevea f (uncountable)
Declension
editSpanish
editEtymology
editFrom the genus name Hevea, from Quechua hyeve (“rubber tree”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithevea f (plural heveas)
- rubber tree
- Synonyms: árbol del caucho, (Latin America) caucho, (Argentina, Bolivia, Peru) siringa
Further reading
edit- “hevea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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