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latex
2 English words descend from Latin
latex
, most common first.
latex
A clear liquid believed to be a component of a humour or other bodily fluid (esp. plasma and lymph).
laticiferous
Containing latex; applied to the tissue or tubular vessels in which the latex of the plant is found.