| 单词 | para rubber tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPara rubber tree Frequently with distinguishing word. Any of several trees which produce a milky sap (latex) from which rubber is made; esp. (more fully Para rubber tree) the South American tree Hevea brasiliensis (family Euphorbiaceae), widely cultivated in South East Asia since the end of the 19th cent. and the usual commercial source of natural rubber.Among the other trees used for making rubber are either of two tropical American trees, Castilla elastica (family Moraceae) and Manihot glaziovii (family Euphorbiaceae), and the Asian tree Ficus elastica (see rubber plant n. 1).Indian rubber tree: see the first element. ΘΚΠ 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 1826 T. Jefferson Let. 27 Apr. in Garden Bk. (1944) 621 The trees I should propose would be exotics of distinguished usefulness..such as..the Catachu or Indian rubber tree of Napul,..Teak tree, or Indian oak of Burman, [etc.]. 1847 Bentley's Misc. Dec. 532 One is stirring with a long wooden stick, the contents of a cauldron... This is the liquid as it was taken from the rubber tree. 1882 Indian Forester 8 58 The kinds of rubber-trees at present exciting interest in Ceylon are:—..(2) Para Rubber-tree.—Hevea brasiliensis. 1903 National Geographic Mag. Nov. 409/2 There is the Assam rubber tree (Ficus elastica) of Java, also needing a humid atmosphere; and the Castilla rubber tree of Central America and Mexico. 1904 C. H. Cochrane Mod. Industr. Progress 538 India rubber, or caoutchouc, as it is technically called, is made from the gum of the rubber tree, which grows principally in South America. 1921 Bull. N.Y. Bot. Garden 21 41 The Central American rubber tree, Castilla elastica Cerv. Native of Central America and largely cultivated as a source of rubber. 1989 R. Kenan Visitation of Spirits 142 A large rubber tree sat in each corner, not at all in keeping with the modern, academic, polished nature of the hallway. 2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees ix. 175 Indeed, rubber trees do lend themselves to agroforestry. < as lemmas |
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