GUM ELASTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gum elastic mean? 

• GUM ELASTIC (noun)
  The noun GUM ELASTIC has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: GUM ELASTIC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUM ELASTIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

caoutchouc; gum elastic; India rubber; natural rubber; rubber

Hypernyms ("gum elastic" is a kind of...):

latex (a milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on exposure to air)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gum elastic"):

foam rubber (spongy rubber; made by introducing air bubbles before vulcanization and used for cushioning or upholstery)

crepe rubber (crude natural rubber; used mainly for shoe soles)

cold rubber (a rubber made at low temperatures (5 degrees Centigrade) which is tougher than conventional rubber and is often used in car tires)

ebonite; hard rubber; vulcanite (a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber)

Para rubber (a type of natural rubber obtained from tropical South American trees)