rubber tree

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rubber tree

A tropical South American tree (Hevea brasiliensis) widely cultivated throughout the Tropics and yielding a milky juice that is a major source of commercial rubber.

rubber tree

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a tropical American euphorbiaceous tree, Hevea brasiliensis, cultivated throughout the tropics, esp in Malaya, for the latex of its stem, which is the major source of commercial rubber See also Pará rubber

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rubber tree - small genus of South American trees yielding latex; "rubber trees are usually cultivated in plantations"

genus Hevea, Hevea

rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants

Euphorbiaceae, family Euphorbiaceae, spurge family - a family of plants of order Geraniales

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