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hevea

hevea noun: any of the genus Hevea of flowering plants in the spurge family, including the economically important rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis.

Noun

hevea (plural heveas)

  1. Any of the genus Hevea of flowering plants in the spurge family, including the economically important rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis.
    • 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 2024.2015 August 18, Diane Cardwell, “Making Tires From a Desert Shrub Found in the U.S.”, in New York Times

Forms of hevea

pluralheveas

Origin of hevea

From the genus name.

Questions about hevea

What does hevea mean?
Hevea means any of the genus Hevea of flowering plants in the spurge family, including the economically important rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis.
What part of speech is hevea?
Hevea is a noun.
What is the plural of hevea?
The plural of hevea is heveas.

Words near hevea in the dictionary

  1. heuweltjies
  2. hev
  3. Hevaahulhudhoo
  4. hevamine
  5. HEVC
  6. hevea
  7. heveas
  8. hevein
  9. heveins
  10. hevelled
  11. Hevelli

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