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NATURAL RUBBER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does natural rubber mean?
• NATURAL RUBBER (noun)
The noun NATURAL 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: NATURAL 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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
caoutchouc; gum elastic; India rubber; natural rubber; rubber
Hypernyms ("natural 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 "natural 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)
Context examples
The device or packaging contains natural rubber that contacts humans as described under 21 CFR 801.437.
(Labeled as Containing Natural Rubber Latex, Food and Drug Administration)
Natural rubber latex was not used as materials in the manufacture of the medical product and container.
(Not Made with Natural Rubber Latex, Food and Drug Administration)
The composition of the materials of an item do not contain natural rubber latex.
(Not Made with Natural Rubber Latex, NCI Thesaurus)
The device label indicates natural rubber latex as a component.
(Labeled as Containing Natural Rubber Latex, NCI Thesaurus)
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