Hevea

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Hevea
       n : small genus of South American trees yielding latex [syn: {genus
           Hevea}]