kok-sa·ghyz 
(kōk′sə-gēz)
(kōk′sə-gēz)n.
A Central Asian dandelion (Taraxacum kok-saghyz) having fleshy roots that yield a form of rubber.
[New Latin, specific epithet, from a Turkic source such as Kazakh kök saǧız, root latex : kök, root (from Old Turkic) + saǧız, gum, resin, latex (from Old Turkic saǧız, sakız, gum, resin, sticky substance).]