Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A name of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding india-rubber.

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Examples

  • I saw myself as a child, playing in the garden and I could literally smell the grass, ivy and seringa.

    Interview with Lianne Tio Marina Geigert 2009

  • I saw myself as a child, playing in the garden and I could literally smell the grass, ivy and seringa.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Marina Geigert 2009

  • The rugged, rocky slopes of these mountains are dominated by white seringa (Kirkia acuminata), stemfruit (Englerophytum magalismontarum), Combretum apiculatum, C. molle, and common sugerbush (Protea caffra).

    Southern Africa bushveld 2007

  • The savanna surrounding the Waterberg Mountains is characterized by African beachwood (Faurea saligna), common hookthorn (Acacia caffra), red seringa (Burkea africana), Terminalia sericea, and Peltophorum africanum.

    Southern Africa bushveld 2007

  • So far he had found at least five species of hevea that Barrera distinguished as seringa blanca and seringa amarilla, based on the white or yellow color of the latex.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • “When you see seringa growing alongside juansoco, the river will be close.”

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • So far he had found at least five species of hevea that Barrera distinguished as seringa blanca and seringa amarilla, based on the white or yellow color of the latex.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • “When you see seringa growing alongside juansoco, the river will be close.”

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • The rubber trees in that part of the world, the product of which is known as cauchouc (Spanish) grow on the non-inundated lands, unlike the seringa which grows on the lowlands of the Lower Amazon.

    Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure 1923

  • The seringa (hevea) is the variety cultivated in Ceylon, Java and the Far East, being more susceptible to tapping and producing a better grade of rubber.

    Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure 1923

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