RUBBER TREE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Small genus of South American trees yielding latex

Example:

rubber trees are usually cultivated in plantations

Synonyms:

genus Hevea; Hevea; rubber tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("rubber tree" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Holonyms ("rubber tree" is a member of...):

Euphorbiaceae; family Euphorbiaceae; spurge family (a family of plants of order Geraniales)