latex
latex is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 34 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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 (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- back
- baleen
- bounce
- buoyancy
- buoyant
- caoutchouc
- distend
- ductile
- elastic
- elasticity
- extend
- flex
- flexibility
- flexible
- gum
- modulus
- natural
- plastic
- proportional
- recoil
- renitency
- renitent
- resilience
- resilient
- rubber
- spring
- springiness
- strain
- stress
- stretch
- synthetic
- tensile
- the
- whalebone
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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