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/ˈɪndiə-rˈəbər plænt/ Listen

India-rubber plant

noun

Large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber. Synonyms: Assam rubber, Ficus elastica, India-rubber fig, India-rubber tree, rubber plant.

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... india-rubber plant is a very handsome, smooth, bright-leaved plant. It should not be given too ...

— What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes • Dorothy Canfield Fisher

... back. There lay the hearthrug-coated beast, in flat abandonment among the tropic beauties of the garden, the pampas-grass shrubbery, the india-rubber plant bushes, the geranium-trees and the urn fountain. Beauty was ready to make her great entry in all the thrilling splendour of despair. And then suddenly ...

— The Enchanted Castle • E. Nesbit

Words linked to "India-rubber plant" : fig tree