Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of dicotyledonous plants, of the natural order Euphorbiaceæ, tribe Crotoneæ, the type of Baillon's tribe Heveæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun 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.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small genus of South American trees yielding latex
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Examples
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For them, of course, the term Hevea brasiliensis had no meaning.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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For them, of course, the term Hevea brasiliensis had no meaning.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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The tallest trees that emerge from the canopy include Ceiba pentandra, Terminalia amazonica, Cedrelinga catenaeformis, Carapa guianensis, and Hevea guianensis var. lutea, a type of rubber tree.
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Other large trees, some with commercial value, on the terra firme are the Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa), sucupira (Bowdichia virgilioides), and rubber (Hevea spruceana).
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A variety of interesting trees occurs in the hill woodlands of the Upper Marmelos and Middle Tapajós Rivers including the dwarf rubber tree, Hevea camporum, the elegant palm, Euterpe longibracteata, the enormous Huberodendron ingens, and rare monotypic Brachynema ramiflorum.
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The culture of Hevea trees replacing rice fields across the country to provide 'black gold' to our 'big brother' is an ecological disaster, and Lao minorities are displaced.
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Hevea trees appeared in the rain forest "at a rate of two or three per acre," Mr. Jackson writes, "as if someone had scattered them from cloud level like a giant Johnny Appleseed."
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In 1876, he found a treasure: the seeds of the Hevea brasiliensis tree, which produced "white gold," as latex was known in an industrializing world that was mad for rubber.
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A characteristic high campinarana forest association includes the tree species Eperua leucantha, E. purpurea, Micrandra sprucei, Catostemma sclerophyllum, Hevea viridis, and Macrolobium unijugum.
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Economically important trees on the terra-firme are the Brazil nut Bertholletia excelsa, Bowdichia virgilioides, and rubber Hevea spruceana.
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