seringa

[ suh-ring-guh ]

noun

1. any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.

seringa

/ səˈrɪŋɡə /

noun

1. any of several euphorbiaceous trees of the Brazilian genus Hevea, that yield rubber
2. a deciduous simaroubaceous tree, Kirkia acuminata, of southern Africa with a graceful shape

Word History and Origins

Origin of seringa¹

1730–40; < Portuguese, variant of syringa

Word History and Origins

Origin of seringa¹

C18: from Portuguese, variant of syringa

Example Sentences

Seringa, se-ring′g, n. a name of several Brazilian trees yielding india-rubber.

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A good workman is thus able to prepare five or six pounds of solid seringa in an hour.

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It is the valuable seringa-tree (Siphonia elastica), belonging to the family Euphorbia, which produces india-rubber.

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We next went out to collect the pots we had hung up on the seringa trees.

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Tightly clutching their cudgels, both reascended the seringa, and renewed the battle with the birds.

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