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Home Dictionary Name: india rubberParaacute rubber
The caoutchouc obtained from the South American euphorbiaceous tree Hevea brasiliensis hence called the Paraacute rubber tree from the Brazilian river and seaport named Paraacute also the similar product of other species of Hevea It is usually exported in flat round cakes and is a chief variety of commercial India rubber...
VerbarLatex
A milky or colored juice in certain plants in cavities called latex cells or latex tubes It contains the peculiar principles of the plants whether aromatic bitter or acid and in many instances yields caoutchouc upon coagulation The lattex of the India rubber plant produces the rubber of commerce on coagulation...
Caoutchouc
A tenacious elastic gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America esp the euphorbiaceous tree Siphonia elastica or Hevea caoutchouc Asia and Africa Being impermeable to liquids and gases and not readly affected by exposure to air acids and alkalies it is used especially when vulcanized for many purposes in the arts and in manufactures Also called India rubber because it was first brought from India and was formerly used chiefly for erasing pencil marks and gum elastic See Vulcanization...
Kamptulicon
A kind of elastic floor cloth made of India rubber gutta percha linseed oil and powdered cork...
Pontoon
A wooden flat bottomed boat a metallic cylinder or a frame covered with canvas India rubber etc forming a portable float used in building bridges quickly for the passage of troops...
Parkesine
A compound originally made from gun cotton and castor oil but later from different materials and used as a substitute for vulcanized India rubber and for ivory called also xylotile...
Overshoe
A shoe that is worn over another for protection from wet or for extra warmth esp an India rubber shoe a galosh...
Negrohead
An inferior commercial variety of India rubber made up into round masses...
Linoleum
Linseed oil brought to various degrees of hardness by some oxidizing process as by exposure to heated air or by treatment with chloride of sulphur In this condition it is used for many of the purposes to which India rubber has been applied...
India rubber
See Caoutchouc...
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