rubber plant
Americannoun
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a plant, Ficus elastica, of the mulberry family, having oblong, shining, leathery leaves, growing native as a tall tree in India, the Malay Archipelago, etc., used as a source of rubber and cultivated in Europe and America as an ornamental house plant.
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any plant yielding caoutchouc or India rubber.
noun
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a moraceous plant, Ficus elastica , with glossy leathery leaves: a tall tree in India and Malaya, it is cultivated as a house plant in Europe and America
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any of several tropical trees, the sap of which yields rubber See also rubber tree
Etymology
Origin of rubber plant
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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A federal judge has approved a settlement under which a synthetic rubber plant will pay $3.3 million in fines and $650,000 for improved air monitoring in several southwest Louisiana locations, officials said Tuesday.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2022
The primary cause of this elevated risk is emissions from a synthetic rubber plant, the Pontchartrain Works facility, operated by the Japanese chemicals giant Denka.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2019
Before law school, Herschel Hobson worked at a rubber plant.
From Reuters ● Dec. 14, 2018
On one bizarre occasion, she found herself dependent upon an old man who ran a rubber plant.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2015
The afghan is draped across her thighs, the rubber plant rises behind her like a fan.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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