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indiarubber

indiarubber is the alternative form of india rubber.

Meaning of india rubber

Noun

india rubber (countable and uncountable, plural india rubbers)

  1. The latex obtained from certain trees of several families, especially Hevea brasiliensis, widely cultivated in Asia.
  2. The rubber made from this latex.
    • An examination showed that one of the india-rubber bands which was round the head of a driving-rod had shrunk so as not quite to fill the socket along which it worked.1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
  3. (dated) An eraser made from this rubber.

Forms of indiarubber

pluralindiarubbers

Questions about indiarubber

What is indiarubber the alternative form of?
Indiarubber is the alternative form of india rubber.

Words near indiarubber in the dictionary

  1. Indianoid
  2. Indianoids
  3. Indianola
  4. Indianoplace
  5. indians
  6. indiarubber
  7. indiarubbers
  8. Indias
  9. indic
  10. Indic script
  11. Indic scripts

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