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
The seringa, with its thickly trellised limbs, offered snug quarters.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Reid, Mayne
“These are seringa trees,” said Uncle Paul, pointing them out.
From The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco by Perat
I advised her not to keep near her a large nosegay of lilacs and seringa, the odour of which was overpowering.
From Ellen Middleton—A Tale by Fullerton, Georgiana
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
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