| 单词 | seringa rubber |
| 释义 | > as lemmasseringa rubber Any of several South American trees of the genus Hevea (family Euphorbiaceae) which yield latex from which natural rubber is made; esp. the para rubber tree, H. brasiliensis, of the Amazon basin. Also: this rubber itself. Frequently attributive, esp. in seringa rubber, seringa tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > rubber trees or plants > [noun] milk-bush1696 hule1846 seringa1847 seringue1850 jintawan1851 gutta-percha1860 taban1861 melkbos1862 rubber plant1863 palay1866 Honduras rubber1870 hevea1878 tunu1883 black rubber vine1887 guayule1906 kok-saghyz1932 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > rubber > [noun] > from specific trees or places hule1846 seringa1847 jintawan1851 Para rubber1857 biscuit1869 Honduras rubber1870 thimble-rubber1881 Para1897 caucho1899 thimble1909 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > others persea1601 mahoe1666 poison berry1672 white mangrove1683 maiden plum1696 angelin1704 garlic-pear1725 milkwood-tree1725 Jack-in-the-box1735 cherimoya1736 rattle bush1750 galapee1756 genip1756 lace bark1756 sunfruit1787 wild orange1802 hog-nut1814 mountain pride1814 savannah wattle1814 mora1825 rubber tree1826 mayflower1837 bastard manchineel1838 long john1838 seringa1847 sack tree1849 jumbie tree1860 jumbie bean1862 king-tree1863 gauze-tree1864 mountain green1864 snowdrop tree1864 strong bark1864 switch-sorrel1864 candle-tree1866 maypole1866 angelique1873 poisonwood1884 porkwood1884 1847 W. H. Edwards Voy. River Amazon x. 116 Here were numbers of seringa trees, and we passed many habitations of the gum collectors. 1874 W. H. G. Kingston Western World iv. 309 Among the most remarkable is..the seringa, or india-rubber tree, with its smooth gray bark, tall erect trunk, and thick glossy leaves. 1875 Appleton's Jrnl. 10 July 34/2 There is a wide variation in the quality of the seringa. The best is perfectly uniform in texture, dense, and quite free from bubbles. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XII. 837/1 In French Guiana [rubber is obtained] from H[evea] Guayanensis, Aubl., where it is known as ‘heve’, ‘siringa’, or ‘cahoutchou’. 1913 Geogr. Jrnl. 42 124 And always and everywhere the seringa, the rubber-tree, for this region is wonderfully rich in rubber. 1922 Bull. Geogr. Soc. Philadelphia 20 8 Magnificent biscuits of seringa, from 80 to 100 kilos each, were being smoked and made up by Indians. 1987 W. Dean Brazil i. 9 New England merchants began to place orders in Belém for shoes made of Seringa rubber. 2005 D. S. Hammond in D. S. Hammond Trop. Forests Guiana Shield viii. 422/2 By 1920, more than 60,0000 [sic] people were engaged in the extraction of timber, gold, bauxite, diamonds, balata, seringa rubber and other minor forest products. < as lemmas |
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