HEVEA BRASILIENSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hevea brasiliensis mean? 

• HEVEA BRASILIENSIS (noun)
  The noun HEVEA BRASILIENSIS has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: HEVEA BRASILIENSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEVEA BRASILIENSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

caoutchouc tree; Hevea brasiliensis; Para rubber tree

Hypernyms ("Hevea brasiliensis" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)