assam rubber

1. 1.

   large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber

   SynonymsIndia-rubber treeIndia-rubber plantIndia-rubber figrubber plantFicus elastica

   Broaderfig tree

Questions about assam rubber

What does assam rubber mean?

assam rubber means "large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber".

What is another word for assam rubber?

Close synonyms include India-rubber tree, India-rubber plant, India-rubber fig, rubber plant, Ficus elastica. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is assam rubber a common word?

assam rubber is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.