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India rubber

noun

An elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products. Synonyms: caoutchouc, gum elastic, natural rubber, rubber.

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... two different forms of specula. The one represented by Fig. 15 consists of a tube of glass coated with quicksilver and covered with India rubber, which is thoroughly varnished. That represented by Fig. 18 is made of metal and plated. By using one of these instruments, the condition of the mouth of the womb ...

— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce

... lumber. There has been a large increase in the value of imports from all these countries since the commercial agreements went into effect, amounting to $74,294,525, but it has been entirely in imports from the American countries, consisting mostly of sugar, coffee, india rubber, and crude drugs. The alarmed attention of our European competitors for the South American market has been attracted to this new American policy and to our acquisition and their loss of ...

— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume IX. • Benjamin Harrison

Words linked to "India rubber" : latex, caoutchouc, cold rubber, vulcanite, hard rubber, foam rubber, Para rubber, natural rubber, crepe rubber, ebonite