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rubber tree n
(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 ParĂ¡ rubber ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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In this great district the wild rubber tree flourishes, and has become, as in the Congo, a curse to the natives which can only be compared to their forced labor under the Spaniards upon the old silver mines of Darien. But he was trapped amid the palms and rubber trees. |
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