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Definition of Hevea brasiliensis

1. Noun. Deciduous tree of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers having leathery leaves and fragrant yellow-white flowers; it yields a milky juice that is the chief source of commercial rubber.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hevea Brasiliensis

Literary usage of Hevea brasiliensis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rubber and Rubber Planting by Robert Heath Lock (1913)
"... Hevea brasiliensis ALTHOUGH Hevea brasiliensis is universally recognised as the plantation rubber tree par excellence, several other kinds of ..."

2. A Practical treatise on materia medica and therapeutics: With Special by John Vietch Shoemaker (1906)
"The prepared milk-juice of Hevea brasiliensis, and probably other species; known in commerce as pure Para rubber. (See Elástica.) CAPSICUM (USP). ..."

3. Plantation Rubber and the Testing of Rubber by George Stafford Whitby (1920)
"have often given way to the latter.1 The total quantity of rubber produced by plantations of species other than Hevea brasiliensis is so insignificant when ..."

4. Fatty Foods: Their Practical Examination. A Handbook for the Use of by Edward Richards Bolton, Cecil Revis (1913)
"Fruits of Hevea brasiliensis. 2 Seed of ditto. 3. Section of seed. (Natural size.) USES OF OIL.—At the present time no quantity of the oil is prepared ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"I.—Hevea brasiliensis. incisions to receive the milk, each cup being ... Plantations of Hevea brasiliensis.—Hevea brasiliensis was introduced to Ceylon and ..."

6. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1907)
"Note on the Constituents of the Seeds of the Para Rubber Tree (Hevea brasiliensis)." By WYNDHAM ROWLAND DUNSTAN. The kernels of the seeds of the Para rubber ..."

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