laticifer
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English
Etymology
From Latin latex (stem latic-) + -fer.
Noun
laticifer (plural laticifers)
- (botany) a type of elongated secretory cell found in the leaves and/or stems of plants that produce latex and rubber as secondary metabolites.
Translations
elongated secretory cell
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Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French laticifère.
Noun
laticifer n (plural laticifere)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | laticifer | laticiferul | laticifere | laticiferele | |
| genitive-dative | laticifer | laticiferului | laticifere | laticiferelor | |
| vocative | laticiferule | laticiferelor | |||