guayule
a composite shrub, Parthenium argentatum, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, yielding a form of rubber.
the rubber obtained from this plant.
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Their hunch was that the guayule rubber could also be suitable for a closed-cell foam, like the kind needed for wetsuits.
There’s Never Been a Better Time to Buy a Sustainable Wetsuit | wtaylor | July 23, 2021 | Outside Online“guayule” is a resinous rubber secured from a two-foot shrub that grows on the arid plains of Texas and Northern Mexico.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | VariousThe guayule shrub is now a further source of Mexican rubber.
Mexico | Charles Reginald EnockIn 1911 seven thousand tons of guayule were imported from Mexico; in 1917 only seventeen hundred tons.
Creative Chemistry | Edwin E. SlossonThe only native source so far utilized is the guayule, which grows wild on the deserts of the Mexican and the American border.
Creative Chemistry | Edwin E. Slosson
When chopped up and macerated guayule gives a satisfactory quality of caoutchouc in profitable amounts.
Creative Chemistry | Edwin E. Slosson
British Dictionary definitions for guayule
/ (ɡwəˈjuːlɪ) /
a bushy shrub, Parthenium argentatum, of the southwestern US: family Asteraceae (composites)
rubber derived from the sap of this plant
Origin of guayule
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