English > caoutchouc: 1 sense > noun 1, substance| Meaning | An elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera ... / genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products. |
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| Synonyms | rubber, natural rubber, India rubber, gum elastic |
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| Narrower | Para rubber | A type of natural rubber obtained from tropical South American trees |
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| cold rubber | A rubber made at low temperatures (5 degrees Centigrade) which is tougher than conventional rubber and is often used in car tires |
| crepe rubber | crude natural rubber |
| foam rubber | spongy rubber |
| hard rubber, vulcanite, ebonite | A hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber |
| Broader | latex | A milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on exposure to air |
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| Spanish | caucho, caucho natural, goma elástica, goma, poliisopreno |
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| Catalan | cautxú, goma elàstica, goma |
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