LATEX

latex

(noun) a milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on exposure to air

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

latex (countable and uncountable, plural latices or latexes)

(medicine, archaic, rare) A clear liquid believed to be a component of a humour or other bodily fluid (esp. plasma and lymph)

The milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber.

An emulsion of rubber in water, used in adhesives and the like.

(uncountable) Natural latex rubber, especially non-vulcanized rubber, such as is used in making latex gloves, latex condoms, and latex clothing.

Anagrams

• exalt, taxel

Proper noun

LaTeX

(computer languages) A digital typesetting system for mathematical and scientific formulae layout; based on TeX.

Anagrams

• exalt, taxel

Source: Wiktionary

La"tex, n. Etym: [L.] (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition