rubber tree

noun

any tree that yields latex from which rubber is produced, especially Hevea brasiliensis, of the spurge family, native to South America, the chief commercial source of rubber.

Origin of rubber tree

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby rubber tree

rubberman disease, rubberneck, rubber plant, rubber room, rubber stamp, rubber tree, rubbery, Rubbia, rubbing, rubbing alcohol, rubbish

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Example sentences from the Web for rubber tree

It also includes the most useful teak as well as the rubber-tree and the cinchona.
Commercial Geography|Jacques W. Redway
Thus far we had not seen a rubber-tree, vanilla-vine, coffee-tree, or anything else that we would accept as a gift.
A Journey in Southeastern Mexico|Henry Howard Harper
Le Brunnec was convinced that the eva, which we had found in considerable numbers, was a rubber-tree.
White Shadows in the South Seas|Frederick O'Brien
Here are leaves shooting out like rafts, thick, like the leaves of a rubber-tree, but larger and of a deep red.
Lord Dolphin|Harriet A. Cheever

British Dictionary definitions for rubber tree

rubber tree

noun

a tropical American euphorbiaceous tree, Hevea brasiliensis, cultivated throughout the tropics, esp in Malaya, for the latex of its stem, which is the major source of commercial rubberSee also Pará rubber

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单词	rubber tree
释义	rubber tree noun any tree that yields latex from which rubber is produced, especially Hevea brasiliensis, of the spurge family, native to South America, the chief commercial source of rubber. Origin of rubber tree First recorded in 1840–50 Words nearby rubber tree rubberman disease, rubberneck, rubber plant, rubber room, rubber stamp, rubber tree, rubbery, Rubbia, rubbing, rubbing alcohol, rubbish Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rubber tree It also includes the most useful teak as well as the rubber-tree and the cinchona. Commercial Geography\|Jacques W. Redway Thus far we had not seen a rubber-tree, vanilla-vine, coffee-tree, or anything else that we would accept as a gift. A Journey in Southeastern Mexico\|Henry Howard Harper Le Brunnec was convinced that the eva, which we had found in considerable numbers, was a rubber-tree. White Shadows in the South Seas\|Frederick O'Brien Here are leaves shooting out like rafts, thick, like the leaves of a rubber-tree, but larger and of a deep red. Lord Dolphin\|Harriet A. Cheever British Dictionary definitions for rubber tree rubber tree noun a tropical American euphorbiaceous tree, Hevea brasiliensis, cultivated throughout the tropics, esp in Malaya, for the latex of its stem, which is the major source of commercial rubberSee also Pará rubber Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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