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‖ caucho|ˈkautʃo|
[S. Amer. Sp., a. Quechua cauchu, caucho, cauchuc, the base of caoutchouc.]
Any of several varieties of rubber produced in the Amazon basin and Central America, esp. from species of Castilloa. Also attrib.
1899Board 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. Ibid. 674 It would now..appear that the caucho tree of Peru is a castilloa. 1921Glasgow Herald 3 May 10 The caucho trees are smaller than the shiringas. 1957Encycl. Brit. XIX. 602/2 Caucho rubber from Castilloa elastica, a large tree found in Central America and portions of Brazil. |