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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 tapping — is the process by which rubber is gathered. An incision is made in the bark of a rubber tree, which cuts through the latex vessels that flow between the bark and the cambium. The latex then drips into a vessel. This industry is prevalent in areas …   Wikipedia

• 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 band — A rubber band (in some regions known as a binder, elastic band, lackey band, elastic blubber , laggy band or gumband ) is a short length of rubber and latex formed in the shape of a loop. Such bands are typically used to hold multiple objects… …   Wikipedia

• rubber — rubber1 rubberless, adj. rubberlike, adj. /rub euhr/, n. 1. Also called India rubber, natural rubber, gum elastic, caoutchouc. a highly elastic solid substance, light cream or dark amber in color, polymerized by the drying and coagulation of the… …   Universalium

• 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 tree — any tree that yields latex from which rubber is produced, esp. Hevea brasiliensis, of the spurge family, native to South America, the chief commercial source of rubber. [1840 50] * * * South American tropical tree (Hevea brasiliensis) of the… …   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 latex — noun : a milky juice that is extracted from any of various plants and is the source of natural rubber * * * the milky sap of any of several trees of the genus Hevea, esp. H. brasiliensis, from which natural rubber is derived. [1905 10] * * *… …   Useful english dictionary

• rubber stamp — noun Date: 1881 1. a stamp of rubber for making imprints 2. a. a person who echoes or imitates others b. a mostly powerless yet officially recognized body or person that approves or endorses programs and policies initiated usually by a single… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• rubber tree — noun Date: 1847 a tree that yields rubber; especially a South American tree (Hevea brasiliensis) of the spurge family that is cultivated in plantations and is a chief source of rubber …   New Collegiate Dictionary