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HEVEA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small genus of South American trees yielding latex

Example:

rubber trees are usually cultivated in plantations

Synonyms:

genus Hevea; Hevea; rubber tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Hevea" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Holonyms ("Hevea" is a member of...):

Euphorbiaceae; family Euphorbiaceae; spurge family (a family of plants of order Geraniales)

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