- root rubber
- root rubber nounRubber obtained from the roots of certain African apocynaceous plants• • •Main Entry: ↑root
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Rubber Elasticity — Rubber elasticity, also known as hyperelasticity, describes the mechanical behavior of many polymers, especially those with crosslinking. Invoking the theory of rubber elasticity, one considers a polymer chain in a crosslinked network as an… … Wikipedia
Brake rubber — Brake Brake (br[=a]k), n. [OE. brake; cf. LG. brake an instrument for breaking flax, G. breche, fr. the root of E. break. See Break, v. t., and cf. {Breach}.] 1. An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
brown root disease — noun : a disease of numerous plants (as cacao, coconut, tea, or rubber) throughout the eastern tropics caused by a fungus (Hymenochaete noxia) and characterized by defoliation and incrustation of the roots with masses of earth and stones held… … Useful english dictionary
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