rubber tree

English

A rubber tree.

Noun

rubber tree (plural rubber trees)

1. A tropical South American tree of species Hevea brasiliensis, the principal source of natural rubber.

   Synonyms: Pará rubber tree, rubber plant

   Hypernym: tree

2. A tropical fig with broad, glossy leaves, formerly used to produce natural rubber, often grown as a house plant (Ficus elastica)

Translations

Hevea brasiliensis

• Catalan: hevea f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 橡膠樹 / 橡胶树 (zh) (xiàngjiāoshù)

• Czech: kaučukovník (cs) m
• Finnish: kumipuu (fi)
• French: hévéa (fr) m
• German: Kautschukbaum (de) m
• Hindi: रबड़ (hi) m (rabaṛ)
• Italian: albero della gomma m
• Korean: 파라고무나무 (ko) (paragomunamu)
• Polish: kauczukowiec (pl) 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, hevea (es) f
• Turkish: kauçuk ağacı (tr)
• Welsh: coeden rwber f

See also

• gum tree

References

• rubber tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia