Lexic.us

Definition of Assam rubber

1. Noun. Large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Assam Rubber

Literary usage of Assam rubber

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Crude Rubber and Compounding Ingredients: A Text-book of Rubber Manufacture by Henry Clemens Pearson (1909)
"ASSAM rubber is strong and of firm texture. It is fairly elastic, ... assam rubber is marketed in small balls, made by winding up strings of rubber dried on ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"796 elastica, or assam rubber tree, showing tapping system. worth ... assam rubber can be grown from cuttings, which is the usual method, or from seed. ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"assam rubber is obtained from Ficus elástica, Roxb., a plant too well known ... assam rubber, although fairly elastic, is much depreciated in value by the ..."

4. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1901)
"assam rubber. From France. Received February 14, 1900. "assam rubber comes mostly from Ficus elástica. A little of it is derived from Г-то- stigma ..."

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