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单词 rubber tree
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Definition of rubber tree in English:

rubber tree

noun
  • 1A tree that produces the latex from which rubber is manufactured, native to the Amazonian rainforest and widely cultivated elsewhere.

    Hevea brasiliensis, family Euphorbiaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Natural latex is a milky fluid produced by the rubber tree and is used for manufacturing scores of everyday items.
    • In contrast, latex from the tropical rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis can cause allergic reactions ranging from discomforting rashes to life-threatening shock.
    • Large plantations are devoted to oil palm, rubber, sugar, and sisel for domestic use and export, though in some areas rubber trees are owned and tapped by farmers.
    • Natural rubber latex is derived from the white, milky sap of rubber trees that are grown commercially in southeastern Asia, primarily Malaysia, and West Africa.
    • Natural latex is a milky fluid produced by the rubber tree.
    • This provided the impetus necessary for the commercial use of the rubber tree.
    • In the 1950s and the 1960s, the traditional export economy was renewed by a very successful program of replanting rubber estates and smallholdings with more productive varieties of rubber trees.
    • You'll learn how the 23 families who live here harvest rubber trees and survive without plumbing or electricity.
    • Also known as natural rubber latex, this milky cytosol is acquired by tapping the commercial rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis.
    • In the natural rain forest, this separation of rubber trees is easily produced, thanks to the unknowing help of seed dispersers such as monkeys and dung beetles.
    • In the small hours of the morning the seringueiro alights from his hammock and - after a meal of black coffee and tapioca - sets out along the pique or track that links the rubber trees.
    • Coconut palms, jackfruit, mango, orange, lime, and rubber trees, as well as coffee bushes, were cultivated.
    • Britain was attracted to the Malay peninsula by its vast reserves of tin, and later found that the rich soil was also highly productive for growing rubber trees.
    • The workers are opposing management plans to uproot 7,000 rubber trees to make way for sugar cane.
    • They were rubber tappers, and the liquid and the sheets were latex - the sap of the rubber tree.
    • Employees eat lunch outside on a wooden deck strewn with cafe tables and shaded by an old rubber tree.
    • They left to find work tapping rubber trees in Indonesia, sending home what cash they could afford for Zan and his brothers, who were 12 and six.
    • But rubber trees only grow in Brazil when separated.
    • Forty-year-old rubber trees are still in production.
    • Other scholars like the economic historian PT Bauer have pointed out that before British rule, there were no rubber trees in Malaya, no cocoa trees in West Africa, nor tea in India.
    1. 1.1 Used in names of other trees from which a similar latex can be obtained, e.g. Dahomey rubber.
 
 

Definition of rubber tree in US English:

rubber tree

nounˈrəbər ˌtrē
  • 1A tree that produces the latex from which rubber is manufactured, native to the Amazonian rainforest and widely cultivated elsewhere.

    Hevea brasiliensis, family Euphorbiaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Also known as natural rubber latex, this milky cytosol is acquired by tapping the commercial rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis.
    • This provided the impetus necessary for the commercial use of the rubber tree.
    • Natural latex is a milky fluid produced by the rubber tree.
    • They left to find work tapping rubber trees in Indonesia, sending home what cash they could afford for Zan and his brothers, who were 12 and six.
    • But rubber trees only grow in Brazil when separated.
    • In the natural rain forest, this separation of rubber trees is easily produced, thanks to the unknowing help of seed dispersers such as monkeys and dung beetles.
    • Large plantations are devoted to oil palm, rubber, sugar, and sisel for domestic use and export, though in some areas rubber trees are owned and tapped by farmers.
    • Natural rubber latex is derived from the white, milky sap of rubber trees that are grown commercially in southeastern Asia, primarily Malaysia, and West Africa.
    • The workers are opposing management plans to uproot 7,000 rubber trees to make way for sugar cane.
    • Natural latex is a milky fluid produced by the rubber tree and is used for manufacturing scores of everyday items.
    • Employees eat lunch outside on a wooden deck strewn with cafe tables and shaded by an old rubber tree.
    • You'll learn how the 23 families who live here harvest rubber trees and survive without plumbing or electricity.
    • In the 1950s and the 1960s, the traditional export economy was renewed by a very successful program of replanting rubber estates and smallholdings with more productive varieties of rubber trees.
    • They were rubber tappers, and the liquid and the sheets were latex - the sap of the rubber tree.
    • Forty-year-old rubber trees are still in production.
    • In the small hours of the morning the seringueiro alights from his hammock and - after a meal of black coffee and tapioca - sets out along the pique or track that links the rubber trees.
    • Other scholars like the economic historian PT Bauer have pointed out that before British rule, there were no rubber trees in Malaya, no cocoa trees in West Africa, nor tea in India.
    • Britain was attracted to the Malay peninsula by its vast reserves of tin, and later found that the rich soil was also highly productive for growing rubber trees.
    • In contrast, latex from the tropical rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis can cause allergic reactions ranging from discomforting rashes to life-threatening shock.
    • Coconut palms, jackfruit, mango, orange, lime, and rubber trees, as well as coffee bushes, were cultivated.
    1. 1.1 Used in names of other trees from which a similar latex can be obtained, e.g. Dahomey rubber.
 
 
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