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rubber plant

1. a moraceous plant, Ficus elastica, with glossy leathery leaves: a tall tree in India and Malaya, it is cultivated as a house plant in Europe and America
2. any of several tropical trees, the sap of which yields rubber
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It spent the best part of 17 years in Mary's living room, alongside her rubber plant. It was then moved to the kitchen, where it was paired with the orchid.
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