wild rubber
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Kopp and Morillion chose to manufacture in Brazil because there was a good supply of wild rubber, organic cotton and factories where 80 percent of workers are unionised and pay is above minimum wage.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 19, 2017
It was a land of subsistence farms and wild rubber extraction, plus “colonial plantations” producing cocoa, coffee and sugar.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 29, 2017
The only bad mess was the wild rubber program in the Amazon Valley, where Americans did not take proper advantage of native experience.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some wild rubber is still gathered on the upper tributaries of the Amazon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now continue the belt across the Atlantic Ocean to Africa, where you will strike the Belgian Congo which produces a small quantity of wild rubber.
From The Romance of Rubber by John Martin
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