Definition of Laticifer

1. Noun. A plant duct containing latex.

Generic synonyms: Duct

Definition of Laticifer

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Laticifer

lathosterol delta-5-dehydrogenase
laths
lathwork
lathworks
lathy
lathyrism
lathyrisms
lathyritic
lathyrogen
lati
latibulize
latibulized
latibulizes
latibulizing
latices
laticifer (current term)
laticiferous
laticifers
laticlave
laticlaves
laticostate
latifolious
latifolous
latifundia
latifundio
latifundios
latifundium
latigo
latigoes
latigos

Literary usage of Laticifer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Botanical Text-book by Asa Gray (1853)
"laticifer- ous vessels or canals (63) abound in the newer parts of the liber. 5l5. Sometimes thin plates of delicate cells, like those of cork, ..."

2. Plant Anatomy from the Standpoint of the Development and Functions of the by William Chase Stevens (1916)
"Study longitudinal sections of the stem of some milkweed or of the greenhouse Euphorbia splendens for laticifer- ous vessels. Make a drawing showing the ..."

3. The Anatomy of Woody Plants by Edward Charles Jeffrey (1917)
"... show the presence of oil canals, although small dark dots in the region of the phloem sufficiently vouch for the presence of laticifer- ous elements. ..."

4. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder (1908)
"To the section dealing with the non-articulated laticifer ous tubes we may add the following details. In the first place we may note that Spire mentions the ..."

5. Applied and Economic Botany: Especially Adapted for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1914)
"In the Composite they contain a latex and appear to be connected with the laticifer- ous vessels. They also occur in the Anacardiaceae, Cornaceae, ..."

6. The Micrographic Dictionary: A Guide to the Examination and Investigation of by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey (1875)
"... branous cellular tissue, short-jointed reticulated ducts of laure size, and laticifer ill- tubes. ..."

7. A Laboratory Manual in Practical Botany by Charles Herbert Clark (1898)
"... are irregular patches of denser tissue ; these are bundles of bast fibers, and associated with them are latex D> tubes or laticifer- ous vessels. ..."

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