seringa
Americannoun
noun
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any of several euphorbiaceous trees of the Brazilian genus Hevea, that yield rubber
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a deciduous simaroubaceous tree, Kirkia acuminata, of southern Africa with a graceful shape
Etymology
Origin of seringa
1730–40; < Portuguese, variant of syringa
Example Sentences
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He then covered the moulds to a sufficient thickness with the seringa juice, and dried them in the smoke as our shoes had been.
From The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco by Perat
Tightly clutching their cudgels, both reascended the seringa, and renewed the battle with the birds.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Reid, Mayne
One of these he gave Richard, to hold under the tap while he made a second incision upon a longer limb of the seringa.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Reid, Mayne
A good workman is thus able to prepare five or six pounds of solid seringa in an hour.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 by Various
As soon as the seringa begins to rot, the ulcer will heal.
From The Sorcery Club by O'Donnell, Elliott
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