Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The elastic (middle) layer of the walls of the arteries: an abbreviation of
tunica elastica (which see, with cut). - noun In physics, a curve such that the reciprocal of the radius of curvature at any point is proportional to the distance of the point from a straight line. Also called
elastic curve .
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Examples
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The basic ingredient is the sap or latex of the native Panama Rubber Tree (Castilla elastica).
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Switch your skinny-down program to easy-on elastica.
How I Lost 1 lb Per Day Larry Strattner 2010
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Well, perhaps not as surprising as you may think, since any good tropical botanist will tell you that the two plants, Castilla elastica and Ipomoea alba are often found in close proximity.
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Well, perhaps not as surprising as you may think, since any good tropical botanist will tell you that the two plants, Castilla elastica and Ipomoea alba are often found in close proximity.
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The basic ingredient is the sap or latex of the native Panama Rubber Tree (Castilla elastica).
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In broad terms, in the northern part of the ecoregion, the lowland rainforests correlate to the Brosimun utilis alliance, including communities dominated by the deciduous "cuipo" or "ceiba bonga" tree (Cavanillesia platanifolia), the "aspavé" or wild cashew (Anacardium excelsum), the "táparo" (Catilla elastica), the rubber tree (Castilla elastica), Brosimum guianense, Bombacopsis spp.,
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The most characteristic species are large trees such as Poulsenia armata, Virola sebifera, Pterygota colombiana, Guarea guidonia, Castilla elastica, Ficus macrosyce, Persea americana and the palm (Dictyocarium lamarckianum).
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(Ficus elastica of Asia) nor aeuphorbia (Siphonia elastica), as in
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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The natives of Mexico and the West Indies extracted good rubber from Castilla elastica, a tree in the fig family.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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For sixty years the British had depended on Ficus elastica, a native of Asia that flourished along the floodplain of the Brahmaputra River.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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