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Definition: Hevea caoutchouc
Caoutchouc
\Caout"chouc\, n. [F. caoutchouc, from the South
American name.]
A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky
sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the
euphorbiaceous tree
Siphonia elastica or
Hevea caoutchouc
), Asia, and Africa. Being impermeable to liquids
and gases, and not readly affected by exposure to air, acids,
and alkalies, it is used, especially when vulcanized, for
many purposes in the arts and in manufactures. Also called
India rubber (because it was first brought from India, and
was formerly used chiefly for erasing pencil marks) and
gum elastic
. See
Vulcanization.
[1913 Webster]
Mineral caoutchouc. See under
Mineral.
[1913 Webster]
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