rubber plant (redirected from rubber plants)

rubber plant n. 1. Any of several tropical plants yielding sap that can be coagulated to form crude rubber. 2. A small tree (Ficus elastica) that has large, oblong, glossy, leathery leaves and is a popular house plant.

rubber plant Ficus elastica

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rubber plant

Noun

1. a large house plant with glossy leathery leaves

2. same as rubber tree

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

rubber plant - large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber Assam rubber, Ficus elastica, India-rubber fig, India-rubber plant, India-rubber tree fig tree - any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature

Translations

rubber plant n → ficus m

rubber plant n → caoutchouc m (plante verte)

rubber plant rubber n → Gummibaum m

rubber plant n → ficus m inv