seringa

[ suh-ring-guh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

seringa

/ səˈrɪŋɡə /

any of several euphorbiaceous trees of the Brazilian genus Hevea, that yield rubber
a deciduous simaroubaceous tree, Kirkia acuminata, of southern Africa with a graceful shape

Origin of seringa¹

1730–40; < Portuguese, variant of syringa

Origin of seringa¹

C18: from Portuguese, variant of syringa

Seringa, se-ring′g, n. a name of several Brazilian trees yielding india-rubber.

A good workman is thus able to prepare five or six pounds of solid seringa in an hour.

It is the valuable seringa-tree (Siphonia elastica), belonging to the family Euphorbia, which produces india-rubber.

We next went out to collect the pots we had hung up on the seringa trees.

Tightly clutching their cudgels, both reascended the seringa, and renewed the battle with the birds.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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