hevea

See also: hévéa and Hevea

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

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^[1]:

     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.

Anagrams

• heave

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈβe.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈve.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eˈve.a]

Noun

hevea f (plural hevees)

1. rubber tree (plant in the genus Hevea)

   Synonyms: arbre del cautxú, siringa

Related terms

• cautxú

Further reading

• “hevea” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hévéa.

Noun

hevea f (uncountable)

1. rubber tree

Declension

declension of hevea (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) hevea	heveaua
genitive/dative	(unei) -	-i
vocative

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈbea/ [eˈβ̞e.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: he‧ve‧a

Noun

hevea f (plural heveas)

1. rubber tree

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

Further reading

• “hevea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28