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rubber plant
Word forms: plural rubber plants
countable noun
A rubber plant is a type of plant with shiny leaves. It grows naturally in Asia but is also grown as a house plant in other parts of the world.
rubber plant in British English
noun
1.
a moraceous plant, Ficus elastica, with glossy leathery leaves: a tall tree in India and Malaya, it is cultivated as a house plant in Europe and America
2.
any of several tropical trees, the sap of which yields rubber
See also rubber tree rubber plant in American English
1.
any plant yielding a milky sap (latex) from which crude rubber is formed
2.
an Asian tree (Ficus elastica) of the mulberry family, with large, glossy, leathery leaves: often used as an ornamental house plant
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