Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hevea

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables: he-vea
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Hevea of flowering plants in the spurge family, including the economically important rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis.

Example Sentences

"Tire executives say that global demand for tires, which use as much as 70 percent of the world’s rubber supply, will expand as less developed nations industrialize, requiring roughly 21 million additional acres of hevea, the source of natural rubber, by 2024."

Etymology

From the genus name.

Inflected Forms

heveas (plural)

Questions

What does hevea mean?: Any of the genus Hevea of flowering plants in the spurge family, including the economically important rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis.
Where does hevea come from?: From the genus name.

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