Meaning of india rubber | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of india rubber.
   alt-of, countable, uncountable
2. The latex obtained from certain trees of several families, especially Hevea brasiliensis, widely cultivated in Asia.
   countable, uncountable
3. The rubber made from this latex.
   countable, uncountable
4. An eraser made from this rubber.
   countable, dated, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“The latter is a bell-jar...having a wide neck, closed by an indiarubber cork.”

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