Definitions for rubber tree
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
rub′ber tree`(n.)
any tree that yields latex from which rubber is produced, esp. Hevea brasiliensis, of the spurge family, native to South America, the chief commercial source of rubber.
Category: Botany, Plants
Origin of rubber tree:
1840–50
Wiktionary
rubber tree(Noun)
A tropical South American tree, Hevea brasiliensis, that is the source of latex.
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