lactiferousadj.
/lakˈtɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S. /lækˈtɪf(ə)rəs/ 1. Of animals and their organs: Producing, secreting, or conveying milk.
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the world > life > the body > secretory organs > action or process of secreting > secreting spec. > [adjective] > secreting milk
milchc1300
uberous1624
lactiferous1692
lactescent1796
lactational1903
1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) i. 144 He makes the Breasts to be..Glandules..made up of an infinite number of little Knots or Kernels, each whereof hath its excretory Vessel, or lactiferous Duct.
1794–6 E. Darwin Zoonomia I. 171 The females of lactiferous animals have another natural inlet of pleasure or pain from the suckling of their offspring.
1804 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. (ed. 2) I. 26 The class of animals denominated Mammalia comprehends all those that nourish their young by means of lactiferous glands or teats.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 269 Perfect milk in every separate lactiferous tube.
2. Of plants and their organs: Conveying or yielding a milky fluid.
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the world > plants > part of plant > plant substances > [adjective] > having or yielding a milky fluid
lactary1646
milky1646
lactific1657
lactescent1673
lactiferous1675
lactifluous1777
lactarious1855
lactory-
1675 N. Grew Compar. Anat. Trunks ii. iv. 63 The Lactiferous and Resiniferous vessels of Plants.
1675 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 10 487 He finds sap vessels to be..Lymphæducts and Lactiferous.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl.
1801 Trans. Soc. Arts 19 198 Lettuces running to seed..are known to be more particularly lactiferous.
1854 J. Hogg Microscope ii. iv. 409 Plants are likewise furnished with lactiferous ducts or tissue.
Derivatives
lacˈtiferousness n. the quality of yielding milk in abundance.
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1879 Punch 1 Nov. 195/2 The natural lactiferousness of the Alderney.
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