Meaning

2 senses
  1. A tropical South American tree of species Hevea brasiliensis, the principal source of natural rubber.

    Kautschukbaum

    геве́яgevéja

  2. A tropical fig with broad, glossy leaves, formerly used to produce natural rubber, often grown as a house plant (Ficus elastica)

More definitions
  • small genus of South American trees yielding latex

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The car hit the rubber tree.

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  2. Rubber is extracted from rubber trees.

  3. Rubber is made from the sap of the rubber tree.

    ruРезина изготавливается из сока каучуконосных деревьев. — Karok

    deKautschuk wird aus dem Saft des Kautschukbaumes hergestellt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Latex is a natural ingredient that comes from rubber trees.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
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Deutsch
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Forms

plural: rubber trees
Singularrubber tree
Pluralrubber trees

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedgum tree

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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