Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A commercial variety of rubber prepared on the Peruvian rivers tributary to the Amazon, and particularly on the Juruá.

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Examples

  • In his wanderings he had made one important discovery, a new source of rubber known as caucho colorado, a tree that turned out to be a new species in a genus then known as Piratinera.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • In his wanderings he had made one important discovery, a new source of rubber known as caucho colorado, a tree that turned out to be a new species in a genus then known as Piratinera.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • Dr. Hicks Bunting found, in an analysis of the drug, 60 per cent. of insoluble residue, wax, "caucho," resin, tannin, sugar, albuminoids, oxalate of calcium and other salts.

    The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891

  • I've always known that during the golden years of the caucho exploitation, the wealthy families sent their children to study in Europe.

    Global Voices in English » Blogger of the Week: Gabriela García-Calderón 2009

  • It was in these wet and cold upland forests that he found caucho blanco, white rubber, a species in the genus Sapium that yielded a quality of rubber equal to that of the finest Amazonian product.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • Sanchez confirmed that nowhere in the Villalobos were there merchantable stands of caucho blanco.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • It was in these wet and cold upland forests that he found caucho blanco, white rubber, a species in the genus Sapium that yielded a quality of rubber equal to that of the finest Amazonian product.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • There was also caucho negro, named for the black bark of two species of Castilla, considerable amounts of balata, and several juansoco trees, a source of chewing gum.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • Sanchez confirmed that nowhere in the Villalobos were there merchantable stands of caucho blanco.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • There was also caucho negro, named for the black bark of two species of Castilla, considerable amounts of balata, and several juansoco trees, a source of chewing gum.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

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