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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of a family of synthetic rubbers made from the polymerization of butadiene with a sodium catalyst. Copolymers including styrene or acrylonitrile are the most common members of this group.

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  • noun made by polymerizing butadiene

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Buna, former trademark for such rubber.]

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