单词 | caucho |
释义 | cauchon. Any of several varieties of rubber produced in the Amazon basin and Central America, esp. from species of Castilloa. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ 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 1899 Board of Trade Jrnl. June 673 The tree which produces the quality of india-rubber exported from Peru through Pará under the name of caucho, has recently been determined by M. Huber... The total shipments of caucho from Amazonian ports amount to about 2,000 tons annually. 1899 Board of Trade Jrnl. June 674 It would now..appear that the caucho tree of Peru is a castilloa. 1921 Glasgow Herald 3 May 10 The caucho trees are smaller than the shiringas. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 602/2 Caucho rubber from Castilloa elastica, a large tree found in Central America and portions of Brazil. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1899 |
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