india rubber

noun

Definitions

  1. The latex obtained from certain trees of several families, especially Hevea brasiliensis,…

    The latex obtained from certain trees of several families, especially Hevea brasiliensis, widely cultivated in Asia.

  2. The rubber made from this latex.

    • An examination showed that one of the india-rubber bands which was round the head of a driving-rod had shrunk so as not quite to fill the socket along which it worked.
    • The latter is a bell-jar...having a wide neck, closed by an indiarubber cork.
  3. An eraser made from this rubber.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. Alternative letter-case form of india rubber.

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