rubber plant

noun

: a plant with large, shiny, dark green leaves that is often grown indoors

Full Definition of RUBBER PLANT

: a plant that yields rubber; especially : a tall tropical widely cultivated Asian tree (Ficus elastica) of the mulberry family that is frequently dwarfed as a houseplant

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First Known Use of RUBBER PLANT

1888

Rhymes with RUBBER PLANT

adamant, commandant, complaisant, confidant, confidante, cormorant, corposant, Corybant, covenant, dilettante, disenchant, gallivant, hierophant, interplant, pitcher plant, power plant, spider plant, sycophant

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