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noun or india-rubber plant also india-rubber figUseful english dictionary. 2012.
India-rubber tree — India In di*a, n. [See {Indian}.] A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or Hindostan. [1913 Webster] {India ink}, a nearly black pigment brought chiefly from China, used… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
India rubber tree — noun A rubber plant • • • Main Entry: ↑Indian … Useful english dictionary
India rubber — India In di*a, n. [See {Indian}.] A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or Hindostan. [1913 Webster] {India ink}, a nearly black pigment brought chiefly from China, used… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
India rubber plant — ▪ tree also called India Rubber Tree (species Ficus elastica), large tree in its native Southeast Asia and in other warm areas but a common indoor pot plant elsewhere. It has large, thick, oblong leaves, up to 30 cm (12 inches) long and… … Universalium
India-rubber fig — noun large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber • Syn: ↑India rubber tree, ↑India rubber plant, ↑rubber plant, ↑Assam rubber, ↑Ficus elastica • Hypernyms: ↑fig tree * * * … Useful english dictionary
India-rubber plant — noun large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber • Syn: ↑India rubber tree, ↑India rubber fig, ↑rubber plant, ↑Assam rubber, ↑Ficus elastica • Hypernyms: ↑fig tree * * * … Useful english dictionary
India-rubber spring — Spring Spring, n. [AS. spring a fountain, a leap. See {Spring}, v. i.] 1. A leap; a bound; a jump. [1913 Webster] The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
India rubber — Caoutchouc Caout chouc, n. [F. caoutchouc, from the South American name.] A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree {Siphonia elastica} or {Hevea… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Para rubber tree — Taxobox name = Rubber Tree image width = 200px image caption = Hevea brasiliensis regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Malpighiales familia = Euphorbiaceae subfamilia = Crotonoideae tribus = Micrandreae… … Wikipedia
INDIA-RUBBER — , CAOUTCHOUC or GUM ELASTIC is a product of the milky juices of several tropical and sub tropical plants found in the West Indies, Central and South America, West Africa, and India; there is evidence that its properties were partially… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
