laticiferous, a. Bot.
(lætɪˈsɪfərəs)
[f. L. latic-, latex + -iferous. Cf. F. laticifère.]
Bearing or containing latex. laticiferous tissue, tissue containing laticiferous tubes or vessels.
| 1835 Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) II. 392 A portion of cinenchyma, or laticiferous tissue. 1861 H. Macmillan Footn. Page Nat. 257 Like the milk in the laticiferous vessels of..lettuce. 1884 Bower & Scott De Bary's Phaner. 432 The laticiferous tubes..traverse the entire body of the plant as a continuous system. |