India rubber - latex from trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus)foam rubber - spongy rubber; made by introducing air bubbles before vulcanization latex - a milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on exposure to air crepe rubber - crude natural rubber; used mainly for shoe soles cold rubber - a rubber made at low temperatures (5 degrees Centigrade) which is tougher than conventional rubber and is often used in car tires |