ALL meanings of rubber plant
rub·ber plant
R r - noun rubber plant a plant, Ficus elastica, of the mulberry family, having oblong, shining, leathery leaves, growing native as a tall tree in India, the Malay Archipelago, etc., used as a source of rubber and cultivated in Europe and America as an ornamental house plant. 1
- noun rubber plant any plant yielding caoutchouc or India rubber. 1
- countable noun rubber plant A rubber plant is a type of plant with shiny leaves. It grows naturally in Asia but is also grown as a house plant in other parts of the world. 0
- noun rubber plant a moraceous plant, Ficus elastica, with glossy leathery leaves: a tall tree in India and Malaya, it is cultivated as a house plant in Europe and America 0
- noun rubber plant any of several tropical trees, the sap of which yields rubber 0
- noun rubber plant any plant yielding a milky sap (latex) from which crude rubber is formed 0
- noun rubber plant an Asian tree (Ficus elastica) of the mulberry family, with large, glossy, leathery leaves: often used as an ornamental house plant 0