hevea

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: he=ve=a

CIDE DICTIONARY

hevea, prop. n. 

 A small genus of South American trees yielding latex. It includes the rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis, originally found in South America, but now used for production of rubber world-wide.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hevea, n. any S. American tree of the genus Hevea, yielding a milky sap used for making rubber.

Etymology

mod.L f. native name hev{eacute}