hevea

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hevea - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hevea \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.
  
     Syn: genus Hevea.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

hevea - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Hevea
      n 1: small genus of South American trees yielding latex; "rubber
           trees are usually cultivated in plantations" [syn: Hevea,
           rubber tree, genus Hevea]