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NATURAL RUBBER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 products
Synonyms:
caoutchouc; gum elastic; India rubber; natural rubber; rubber
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("natural rubber" 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 "natural rubber"):
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)
