rubber tree

English

A rubber tree.

Noun

rubber tree (plural rubber trees)

(botany) A tropical South American tree, Hevea brasiliensis, the principal source of natural rubber.
(botany) A tropical fig with broad, glossy leaves, often grown as a house plant, Ficus elastica

Hypernyms

tree

Hyponyms

Para rubber tree

Translations

Hevea brasiliensis

Chinese:
Mandarin: 橡膠樹 (zh), 橡胶树 (zh) (xiàngjiāoshù)
Czech: kaučukovník (cs) m
Finnish: kumipuu (fi)
French: hévéa (fr) m
German: Kautschukbaum m
Italian: albero della gomma m
Polish: kauczukowiec m

Portuguese: seringueira (pt) f
Romanian: hevea (ro) f, arbore-de-cauciuc (ro) m
Russian: геве́я (ru) f (gevéja)
Slovak: kaučukovník m
Spanish: árbol del caucho m
Turkish: kauçuk ağacı (tr)
Welsh: coeden rwber f

References

rubber tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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