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INDIA-RUBBER TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does India-rubber tree mean? 

INDIA-RUBBER TREE (noun)
  The noun INDIA-RUBBER TREE has 1 sense:

1. large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubberplay

  Familiarity information: INDIA-RUBBER TREE used as a noun is very rare.


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INDIA-RUBBER TREE (noun)


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Meaning:

Large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Assam rubber; Ficus elastica; India-rubber fig; India-rubber plant; India-rubber tree; rubber plant

Hypernyms ("India-rubber tree" is a kind of...):

fig tree (any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature)


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