Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laticifer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lati-cifer
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a type of elongated secretory cell found in the leaves and/or stems of plants that produce latex and rubber as secondary metabolites.

Etymology

From Latin latex (stem latic-) + -fer.

Inflected Forms

laticifers (plural)

Questions

What does laticifer mean?: a type of elongated secretory cell found in the leaves and/or stems of plants that produce latex and rubber as secondary metabolites.
Where does laticifer come from?: From Latin latex (stem latic-) + -fer.

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