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Noun: Para rubber tree
  1. Deciduous tree of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers having leathery leaves and fragrant yellow-white flowers; it yields a milky juice that is the chief source of commercial rubber
    "The Para rubber tree plantation supplied the local rubber industry";
    - caoutchouc tree, Hevea brasiliensis

Type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree

Encyclopedia: Para rubber tree