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india rubber
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boot
Boots are shoes that cover your whole foot and the lower part of your leg. -
guayule
a composite shrub, Parthenium argentatum, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, yielding a form of rubber. -
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. -
rubber tree
any tree that yields latex from which rubber is produced, especially Hevea brasiliensis, of the spurge family, native to South America, the chief commercial source of rubber. -
sponge rubber
a light, spongy rubber, usually prepared by bubbling carbon dioxide through or whipping air into latex, used for padding, insulation, gaskets, etc.; foam rubber.