Pará rubber
noun
India rubber obtained from the tree Hevea brasiliensis, of the spurge family, and other species of the same genus of tropical South America.
Origin of Pará rubber
First recorded in 1895–1900; named after
Pará
British Dictionary definitions for para rubber
Pará rubber
/ (pəˈrɑː, ˈpɑːrə) /
noun
a South American rubber obtained from any of various euphorbiaceous trees of the genus Hevea, esp H. brasiliensis
See also rubber tree
Word Origin for Pará rubber
C19: from
Pará