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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An elastic gummy substance, the inspissated juice of various tropical plants; caoutehoue; gum elastic.
  • noun An overshoe made of india-rubber.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • See caoutchouc.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of india rubber.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products

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