rubber plant

English

Noun

rubber plant (plural rubber plants)

  1. Any tree which produces latex, a rubber tree, formerly used to produce natural rubber.
    1. Ficus elastica, a tropical tree used as a houseplant, native to Asia.[1][2]
    2. Hevea brasiliensis.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Illustrated Oxford Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1998
  2. ^ Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them, Könemann, 2004
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