caoutchouc

caou·tchouc  (kouchk, -chk)

n.

See rubber¹.

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[French, probably from Spanish caucho, from Tupi cau-ucha.]

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caoutchouc [cow-chook]

Noun

same as rubber¹ [from S American Indian]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

caoutchouc - 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 gum elastic, India rubber, natural rubber, rubber foam rubber - spongy rubber; made by introducing air bubbles before vulcanization and used for cushioning or upholstery latex - a milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on exposure to air 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