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INDIA-RUBBER FIG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does India-rubber fig mean?
• INDIA-RUBBER FIG (noun)
The noun INDIA-RUBBER FIG has 1 sense:
1. large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber
Familiarity information: INDIA-RUBBER FIG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Assam rubber; Ficus elastica; India-rubber fig; India-rubber plant; India-rubber tree; rubber plant
Hypernyms ("India-rubber fig" is a kind of...):
fig 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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