Hypertext Webster Gateway: "latex"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Latex \La"tex\, n. [L.] (Bot.)
A milky or colored juice in certain plants in cavities
(called latex cells or latex tubes). It contains the peculiar
principles of the plants, whether aromatic, bitter, or acid,
and in many instances yields caoutchouc upon coagulation.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
latex
n 1: a milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on
exposure to air
2: a water-base paint having a latex binder [syn: {latex paint},
{rubber-base paint}]
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