Para rubber

Para rubber
noun
a type of natural rubber obtained from tropical South American trees
• Hypernyms: ↑rubber, ↑natural rubber, ↑India rubber, ↑gum elastic, ↑caoutchouc

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized P
Etymology: from Pará, state and city in Brazil
1. : native rubber obtained from So. American trees and usually exported in dark-colored flat round cakes
2. or para rubber tree : a So. American euphorbiaceous tree (Hevea braziliensis) that is the chief source of Para rubber and is the rubber tree usually cultivated in plantations

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India rubber obtained from the tree Hevea brasiliensis, of the spurge family, and other species of the same genus of tropical South America.
[1895-1900; named after PARÁ]

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pará rubber noun
Rubber produced from the tree Hevea brasiliensis
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Main Entry: ↑Pará

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Pará rubber,
1. rubber obtained from any of various tropical South American trees of the spurge family.
2. Also, Pará rubber tree. any one of these trees, now cultivated in tropical regions throughout the world.
╂[< Pará, a state and city in Brazil, where the rubber is exported]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • Para rubber tree — noun deciduous tree of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers having leathery leaves and fragrant yellow white flowers; it yields a milky juice that is the chief source of commercial rubber • Syn: ↑caoutchouc tree, ↑Hevea brasiliensis • Hypernyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Para rubber — noun Etymology: Pará, Brazil Date: 1857 native rubber from South American rubber trees (genus Hevea and especially H. brasiliensis) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Pará rubber — India rubber obtained from the tree Hevea brasiliensis, of the spurge family, and other species of the same genus of tropical South America. [1895 1900; named after PARÁ] * * * …   Universalium

  • Para rubber tree — noun Date: 1930 a South American rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Pará rubber tree — noun Hevea brasiliensis, the rubber tree …   Wiktionary

  • Pará rubber — /paˌra ˈrʌbə/ (say pah.rah rubuh) noun indiarubber obtained from the tree, Hevea brasiliensis, and other species of the same genus, of tropical South America …  

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