Hevea
[hi:viә]
Definition
(noun.) small genus of South American trees yielding latex; 'rubber trees are usually cultivated in plantations'.
Checked by Janice--From WordNet
Examples
- Hevea trees are scattered through the dense forests of practically every part of the Amazon Basin, a territory more than two-thirds as large as the United States. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- An estrada is simply a path leading from one Hevea tree to another and circling back to camp. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Back in the seventies an English botanist, Wickham by name, smuggled many Hevea seeds out of Brazil. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Each estrada includes about one hundred of the scattered Heveas. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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