hevea
English edit
Etymology edit
From the genus name.
Noun edit
hevea (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 edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From the genus name Hevea, from Quechua hyeve (“rubber tree”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hevea f (plural hevees)
- rubber tree (plant in the genus Hevea)
- Synonyms: arbre del cautxú, siringa
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “hevea” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
hevea f (uncountable)
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From the genus name Hevea, from Quechua hyeve (“rubber tree”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hevea 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