Pará rubber


Pa·rá rubber

P0055500 (pä-rä′, păr′ə)n. Rubber obtained from the rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis.
[After Pará, a state of northern Brazil.]

Pará rubber

(pəˈrɑː; ˈpɑːrə) n (Elements & Compounds) a South American rubber obtained from any of various euphorbiaceous trees of the genus Hevea, esp H. brasiliensis. See also rubber tree[C19: from Pará]
Thesaurus
Noun1.Para rubber - a type of natural rubber obtained from tropical South American treescaoutchouc, gum elastic, India rubber, natural rubber, rubber - an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products