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laticifer

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laticifer [lā′tis·ə·fər]
(botany)
A latex duct found in the mid-cortex of certain plants.
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elastica both produce their rubber in the form of rubber particles in laticifers, a complex anastomasized cell system that forms pipes, which can then be tapped allowing latex to bleed out.
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the milky sap stored in the articulated laticifer of the plant) intra-vaginally to the uterine opening to induce abortion (Quisumbing, 1951).
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