rubber plant

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English

Ficus elastica (1)

Noun

rubber plant (plural rubber plants)

  1. Ficus elastica, a tropical tree used as a houseplant native to Asia.
  2. A tree which can produce latex, a rubber tree, including Hevea brasiliensis.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Illustrated Oxford Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1998
  2. ^ Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them, Könemann, 2004