Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An elastic gummy substance, the inspissated juice of various tropical plants; caoutehoue; gum elastic.
- noun An overshoe made of india-rubber.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- See
caoutchouc .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
india rubber .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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
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