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    GUM ELASTIC

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    An elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of productsplay

    Synonyms:

    caoutchouc; gum elastic; India rubber; natural rubber; rubber

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    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("gum elastic" is a kind of...):

    latex (a milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on exposure to air)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gum elastic"):

    foam rubber (spongy rubber; made by introducing air bubbles before vulcanization and used for cushioning or upholstery)

    crepe rubber (crude natural rubber; used mainly for shoe soles)

    cold rubber (a rubber made at low temperatures (5 degrees Centigrade) which is tougher than conventional rubber and is often used in car tires)

    ebonite; hard rubber; vulcanite (a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber)

    Para rubber (a type of natural rubber obtained from tropical South American trees)

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