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词汇 laticifer
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Definition of laticifer in English:

laticifer

nounlaˈtɪsɪfəlāˈtisəfər
Botany
  • A cell, tissue, or vessel that contains or conducts latex.

    〔植〕乳汁细胞,乳汁管,乳汁器

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This problem could also be caused by the toxic exudates from damaged laticifers that affect the vascular tissues directly.
    • However, it should be noted that tyloses are reported in tracheids of some species of Pinus and even in such cell types as fibre-tracheids or laticifers.
    • The rupture of the laticifers stops the flow of latex to the margin of the leaf that is subsequently consumed by these beetles.
    • This is no mother's milk, however, but a latex exuded by specialized structures, called laticifers, that are found throughout the plant.
    • The method enabled the analysis of ionic currents of laticifer protoplasts of Hevea brasiliensis, root hair cells of Medicago sativa and guard cells of several species.

Derivatives

  • laticiferous

  • adjective latɪˈsɪf(ə)rəs
    Botany
    • Laticiferous cells are often very prominent in the leaf tissue, with two series of laticiferous cells paralleling each vein, sometimes even up to the 5th order of veins.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The laticiferous system of the scape consists of several layers of articulated unbranched latieifers.
      • Insects cut veins in plants with arborescent resin canals or in plants with laticiferous ducts that do not reticulate.
      • Chicory rhizomes or roots are readily detected, upon fracture, by their radially arranged laticiferous vessels in the bark region.
      • These laticiferous tubules are the source of the milky latex that is used to make natural chewing gums and rubber.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin latex, latic- 'fluid' + -fer 'bearing'.

Definition of laticifer in US English:

laticifer

nounlāˈtisəfər
Botany
  • A cell, tissue, or vessel that contains or conducts latex.

    〔植〕乳汁细胞,乳汁管,乳汁器

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This problem could also be caused by the toxic exudates from damaged laticifers that affect the vascular tissues directly.
    • However, it should be noted that tyloses are reported in tracheids of some species of Pinus and even in such cell types as fibre-tracheids or laticifers.
    • The rupture of the laticifers stops the flow of latex to the margin of the leaf that is subsequently consumed by these beetles.
    • The method enabled the analysis of ionic currents of laticifer protoplasts of Hevea brasiliensis, root hair cells of Medicago sativa and guard cells of several species.
    • This is no mother's milk, however, but a latex exuded by specialized structures, called laticifers, that are found throughout the plant.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin latex, latic- ‘fluid’ + -fer ‘bearing’.

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