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rubber plant
 rubber plantFicus elasticarubber plantn.1. Any of several tropical plants yielding sap that can be coagulated to form crude rubber.2. A small tree (Ficus elastica) that has large, oblong, glossy, leathery leaves and is a popular houseplant.rubber plant n 1. (Plants) a moraceous plant, Ficus elastica, with glossy leathery leaves: a tall tree in India and Malaya, it is cultivated as a house plant in Europe and America 2. (Plants) any of several tropical trees, the sap of which yields rubber. See also rubber tree rub′ber plant`
n. 1. 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. any plant yielding rubber. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  rubber plant - large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubberAssam rubber, Ficus elastica, India-rubber fig, India-rubber plant, India-rubber treefig tree - any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature |
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rubber plant
rubber plant, name for any plant that yields rubber, specifically the India-rubber tree (Ficus elastica), an Asian figfig,
name for members of the genus Ficus of the family Moraceae (mulberry family). This large genus contains some 800 species of widely varied tropical vines (some of which are epiphytic); shrubs; and trees, including the banyan, the peepul, or bo tree, and the
..... Click the link for more information. . See also Pará rubber treePará rubber tree
, large tree (Hevea brasiliensis) of the family Euphorbiaceae (spurge family), native to tropical South America and the source of the greatest amount and finest quality of natural rubber.
..... Click the link for more information. .rubber plant1. a moraceous plant, Ficus elastica, with glossy leathery leaves: a tall tree in India and Malaya, it is cultivated as a house plant in Europe and America 2. any of several tropical trees, the sap of which yields rubber rubber plant
Related to rubber plant: Jade plant, House plantsSynonyms for rubber plantnoun large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplantSynonyms- Assam rubber
- Ficus elastica
- India-rubber fig
- India-rubber plant
- India-rubber tree
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