nounWord forms: plurallatexes or latices (ˈlætɪˌsiːz)
1.
a whitish milky fluid containing protein, starch, alkaloids, etc, that is produced by many plants. Latex from the rubber tree is used in the manufacture of rubber
2.
a suspension of synthetic rubber or plastic in water, used in the manufacture of synthetic rubber products, etc
Word origin
C19: New Latin, from Latin: liquid, fluid
Examples of 'latices' in a sentence
latices
In most of the latices component 7 and 8 accounted for a large amount of the total activity.
Valdemiro C. Sgarbieri 1965, 'Enzimas proteolíticas do látex de diversas variedades de Ficus Carica L. Proteolyticenzimes from several varieties of Ficus Carica L.', Bragantiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0006-87051965000100010. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)