Pará rubber


noun
  1. India rubber obtained from the tree Hevea brasiliensis, of the spurge family, and other species of the same genus of tropical South America.

Origin of Pará rubber

1
First recorded in 1895–1900; named after Pará

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British Dictionary definitions for Pará rubber

Pará rubber

/ (pəˈrɑː, ˈpɑːrə) /


noun
  1. a South American rubber obtained from any of various euphorbiaceous trees of the genus Hevea, esp H. brasiliensis: See also rubber tree

Origin of Pará rubber

1
C19: from Pará

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