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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 productsplay

  Familiarity information: INDIA RUBBER used as a noun is very rare.


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INDIA RUBBER (noun)


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

Classified under:

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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