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noun
any tree that yields latex from which rubber is produced, especially Hevea brasiliensis, of the spurge family, native to South America, the chief commercial source of rubber.
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Origin of rubber tree
First recorded in 1840–50
Words nearby rubber tree
rubberman disease, rubberneck, rubber plant, rubber room, rubber stamp, rubber tree, rubbery, Rubbia, rubbing, rubbing alcohol, rubbish
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British Dictionary definitions for rubber tree
rubber tree
noun
a tropical American euphorbiaceous tree, Hevea brasiliensis, cultivated throughout the tropics, esp in Malaya, for the latex of its stem, which is the major source of commercial rubberSee also Pará rubber
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