india rubber

• Término anticuado para el caucho natural, que originalmente designaba la sustancia obtenida de los árboles de caucho y utilizada para gomas de borrar e impermeabilización. La frase está en gran parte en desuso en el inglés moderno.

An old-fashioned term for natural rubber, originally referring to the substance obtained from rubber trees, used for erasers and waterproofing. The phrase is largely obsolete in modern English.

1. Natural rubberC1formalbritish

   A soft, elastic substance obtained from the latex of certain tropical trees, historically used for erasers and waterproofing.

   caucho natural

   • The pencil had an eraser made of india rubber.
   • India rubber was once a valuable export from South America.
   • Early raincoats were made from india rubber.