Translingual

Hevea brasiensis in a plantation, tapped

Proper noun

Hevea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Euphorbiaceae – including the most economically important rubber tree.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I, COM clade - clades; Malpighiales - order; Euphorbiaceae - family; Crotonoideae - subfamily; Micrandreae - tribe; Heveinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Hevea guianensis - type species; Hevea benthamiana, Hevea brasiliensis (Para rubber tree), Hevea microphylla, Hevea nitida, Hevea pauciflora, Hevea spruceana  - species

English

Noun

hevea ‎(plural heveas)

1. (botany) Any of the genus Hevea of flowering plants in the spurge family, including the economically important rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis.
   • 2015 August 18, Diane Cardwell, “Making Tires From a Desert Shrub Found in the U.S.”, in New York Times:

     Tire executives say that global demand for tires, which use as much as 70 percent of the world’s rubber supply, will expand as less developed nations industrialize, requiring roughly 21 million additional acres of hevea, the source of natural rubber, by 2024.

Spanish

Etymology

From the genus name Hevea, from Quechua hyeve ‎(“rubber tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e̞ˈβe̞a/

Noun

hevea f ‎(plural heveas)

1. rubber tree

Synonyms

• árbol del caucho, caucho (Latin America)
• siringa (Argentina, Bolivia, Peru)

References

• “hevea” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2001.