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India-rubber tree   /ˈɪndiə-rˈəbər tri/   Listen
India-rubber tree

noun
1.
Large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber.  Synonyms: Assam rubber, Ficus elastica, India-rubber fig, India-rubber plant, rubber plant.






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"India-rubber tree" Quotes from Famous Books



... are of gray stone, with miniature towers, surrounded by a wall capped with stone, the whole surmounted by a tower from which waves the Hawaiian flag. In front is a smooth lawn where grow century-plants and ornamental shrubs, including the India-rubber tree. It is much finer than the so-called palace of the king, a many-roomed, one-story wooden cottage in the centre of the city, surrounded by a large grassy yard enclosed by ...
— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 • Various

... of an inch apart, growing from each side, and coming to a sharp point. They spread out like the top of the grass-tree, and the fruit has a large kernel about the size of an egg, with a hard shell; the inside has the taste of a cocoa-nut, but when roasted is like a potato. Here we have also the india-rubber tree, the cork-tree, and several new plants. This is the only real range that I have met with since leaving the Flinders range. I have named it the McDonnell Range, after his Excellency the Governor-in-Chief of South Australia, as a token of my gratitude for his ...
— Explorations in Australia, The Journals of John McDouall Stuart • John McDouall Stuart



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