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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several tropical plants yielding sap that can be coagulated to form crude rubber.
- noun A small tree (Ficus elastica) that has large, oblong, glossy, leathery leaves and is a popular houseplant.
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- noun large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber
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