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INDIA RUBBER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does India rubber mean?
• INDIA RUBBER (noun)
The noun INDIA RUBBER has 1 sense:
1. an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
Familiarity information: INDIA RUBBER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
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Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
caoutchouc; gum elastic; India rubber; natural rubber; rubber
Hypernyms ("India rubber" is a kind of...):
latex (a milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on exposure to air)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "India rubber"):
foam rubber (spongy rubber; made by introducing air bubbles before vulcanization and used for cushioning or upholstery)
crepe rubber (crude natural rubber; used mainly for shoe soles)
cold rubber (a rubber made at low temperatures (5 degrees Centigrade) which is tougher than conventional rubber and is often used in car tires)
ebonite; hard rubber; vulcanite (a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber)
Para rubber (a type of natural rubber obtained from tropical South American trees)
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