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rubber plant definition

rubber plant

  1. any plant yielding a milky sap (latex) from which crude rubber is formed
  2. an Asian tree (Ficus elastica) of the mulberry family, with large, glossy, leathery leaves: often used as an ornamental house plant

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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