india rubber

Definition

The latex obtained from certain trees of several families, especially Hevea brasiliensis, widely cultivated in Asia.

Example Sentences

• "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."