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Tree blood that becomes everything from surgical gloves to fetish wear, no judgment.
means A milky fluid produced by certain plants (most famously the rubber tree) that can be processed into rubber, or a synthetic emulsion used in paints, adhesives, and stretchy goods.
from From Latin 'latex,' meaning 'liquid' or 'fluid' — the same word Roman poets used for water, wine, or any flowing thing. It may be a cousin of the Greek 'latax,' a drop or dregs of wine. The word slept quietly as a poetic term for liquid until the 19th century, when botanists borrowed it for the sap that oozes from cut plants, and the rubber industry made it famous.
- tree origin
- Rubber trees bleed it as a wound defense
- allergy trap
- Latex allergy often cross-reacts with bananas and avocados
- paint
- Most house paint is latex-based, no rubber required
- name source
- Latin for liquid, fluid, or moisture
- self-healing
- The sap clots to seal the tree's cut
for instance
arxiv preprints — physics and math repository where ~99% of submissions use latex for formatting since 1991