Human: how do you feel about rubber?G. Bot: An elastic substance produced by coagulating and drying the milky sap (latex) of various tropical plants, especially a tree of the spurge family; now most often produced synthetically or by chemically altering latex to obtain desired characteristics for use in making automobile tires, electrical insulation, molded objects and parts, etc. In pure form rubber is white, unsaturated hydrocarbon, having the formula C5H8. Also slang for condom.
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