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natural rubber

polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds; refined from latex harvested from rubber trees
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natural rubber

Summary

natural rubber ranks in the top 0.95% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,224 views/month, #740 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • natural rubber is made of plant sap[2].
  • natural rubber is a type of rubber[3].
  • natural rubber is a type of elastomer[4].
  • natural rubber is a type of plant product[5].
  • natural rubber is a type of biopolymer[6].
  • natural rubber is a type of plant material[7].
  • natural rubber's Commons category is recorded as Natural rubber[8].
  • natural rubber is the opposite of synthetic rubber[9].
  • natural rubber's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[10].
  • natural rubber's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[11].
  • natural rubber's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • natural rubber's natural product of taxon is recorded as rubber plant[13].
  • natural rubber's different from is recorded as gum resin[14].
  • natural rubber's different from is recorded as synthetic rubber[15].
  • natural rubber's different from is recorded as rubber[16].
  • natural rubber's different from is recorded as plant sap[17].
  • natural rubber's water footprint is recorded as {'unit': 'Q57899268', 'amount': '+13748'}[18].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include rubber[3], elastomer[4], plant product[5], biopolymer[6], and plant material[7]. natural rubber is the opposite of synthetic rubber[9].

Influence

Things named for natural rubber include plumbogummite[19], a mineral species[20].

Why It Matters

natural rubber ranks in the top 0.95% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,224 views/month, #740 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for it include plumbogummite[19], a mineral species[20].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . The green, blue and grey water footprint of crops and derived crop products. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material → plant sap
    Aliases → —
    Water footprint → {'unit': 'Q57899268', 'amount': '+13748'}
    Subclass of → rubber, elastomer, plant product +2
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 15658, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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