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rubber plant (tree)

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  • Rubber plant — may mean:* Para rubber tree a major commercial source of natural rubber * Castilla elastica a source of rubber for the ancient Maya people * Ficus elastica common ornamental plant …   Wikipedia

  • rubber plant — n. 1. any plant yielding a milky sap (latex) from which crude rubber is formed 2. an Asian tree (Ficus elastica) of the mulberry family, with large, glossy, leathery leaves: often used as an ornamental house plant …   English World dictionary

  • rubber plant — ► NOUN ▪ an evergreen tree with large dark green shiny leaves, native to SE Asia and formerly grown as a source of rubber …   English terms dictionary

  • rubber plant — 1. a plant, Ficus elastica, of the mulberry family, having oblong, shining, leathery leaves, growing native as a tall tree in India, the Malay Archipelago, etc., used as a source of rubber and cultivated in Europe and America as an ornamental… …   Universalium

  • rubber plant — noun large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber • Syn: ↑India rubber tree, ↑India rubber plant, ↑India rubber fig, ↑Assam rubber, ↑Ficus elastica • Hypernyms: ↑fig tree * * * noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • rubber plant — rub′ber plant n. 1) pln an Asian tree, Ficus elastica, of the mulberry family, having oblong, shiny, leathery leaves, used as a source of rubber and cultivated as a houseplant 2) pln any plant yielding rubber …   From formal English to slang

  • rubber plant — noun a) Ficus elastica, a tropical tree used as a houseplant native to Asia.<ref name= Illustr. Oxford 1998 >The Illustrated Oxford Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1998</ref><ref>Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000… …   Wiktionary

  • rubber plant — noun Date: 1888 a plant that yields rubber; especially a tall tropical widely cultivated Asian tree (Ficus elastica) of the mulberry family that is frequently dwarfed as a houseplant …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • rubber plant — /ˈrʌbə plænt / (say rubuh plant) noun 1. a plant, Ficus elastica, with oblong, shining, leathery leaves, growing native as a tall tree in India, the Malay Archipelago, etc., and much cultivated as an ornamental house plant. 2. any plant yielding… …  

  • rubber plant — noun an evergreen tree of the fig family, which has large dark green shiny leaves and was formerly grown as a source of rubber. [Ficus elastica.] …   English new terms 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

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