Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

India \In"di*a\, n. [See {Indian}.]
   A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and
   Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or
   Hindostan.

   {India ink}, a nearly black pigment brought chiefly from
      China, used for water colors. It is in rolls, or in
      square, and consists of lampblack or ivory black and
      animal glue. Called also {China ink}. The true India ink
      is sepia. See {Sepia}.

   {India matting}, floor matting made in China, India, etc.,
      from grass and reeds; -- also called {Canton, or China,
      matting}.

   {India paper}, a variety of Chinese paper, of smooth but not
      glossy surface, used for printing from engravings,
      woodcuts, etc.

   {India proof} (Engraving), a proof impression from an
      engraved plate, taken on India paper.

   {India rubber}. See {Caoutchouc}.

   {India-rubber tree} (Bot.), any tree yielding caoutchouc, but
      especially the East Indian {Ficus elastica}, often
      cultivated for its large, shining, elliptical leaves.

India rubber \In"di*a rub"ber\
   See {Caoutchouc}.



   {Antimony rubber}, an elastic durable variety of vulcanized
      caoutchouc of a red color. It contains antimony sulphide
      as an important constituent.

   {Hard rubber}, a kind of vulcanized caoutchouc which nearly
      resembles horn in texture, rigidity, etc.

   {India rubber}, caoutchouc. See {Caoutchouc}.

   {Rubber cloth}, cloth covered with caoutchouc for excluding
      water or moisture.

   {Rubber dam} (Dentistry), a shield of thin sheet rubber
      clasped around a tooth to exclude saliva from the tooth.

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}.

   {Mineral caoutchouc}. See under {Mineral}.

Source : WordNet®

India rubber
     n : latex from trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and
         Ficus) [syn: {rubber}, {gum elastic}, {caoutchouc}]