Latex

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun 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.

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latex
lătex, ĭcis, m. (f., Att. ap. Prisc. p. 658 P.), a liquid, fluid (mostly poet.).—So esp. of water: ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
latex
latex icis, m a liquid, fluid.—Rare in sing: Lyaeus, wine, V.: meri, O.—Plur: latices simulatos fon...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary