rubber plant in English
noun
1
an evergreen tree of the fig family that has large dark green shiny leaves and is widely cultivated as a houseplant. Native to Southeast Asia, it was formerly grown as a source of rubber.
Suitable specimens include the rubber plant , Ficus elastica ‘Decora’; weeping fig, Ficus benjamina; Dracaena marginata ‘Tricolor’, poinsettias and African violets.
noun
india-rubber tree
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1. Because of this relationship, the rubber plant does not produce highly colourful or fragrant flowers to attract other pollinators.
2. Commenting on the halogenated Butyl rubber unit, Mr Nikhil Meswani, Executive Director, RIL, said, "RSEPL's halogenated Butyl rubber plant will be well-poised to capitalise on the significant surge in regional demand in tyre and pharmaceutical industries.