lactiferousadj.

Brit.

/lakˈtɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/lækˈtɪf(ə)rəs/

Etymology: < Latin lactifer (see lactifer n.) + -ous suffix.

1. Of animals and their organs: Producing, secreting, or conveying milk.

ΘΚΠ

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.

ΘΚΠ

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.

ΚΠ

1879 Punch 1 Nov. 195/2 The natural lactiferousness of the Alderney.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lactiferous
释义	lactiferousadj. Brit. /lakˈtɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S. /lækˈtɪf(ə)rəs/ Etymology: < Latin lactifer (see lactifer n.) + -ous suffix. 1. Of animals and their organs: Producing, secreting, or conveying milk. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 1879 Punch 1 Nov. 195/2 The natural lactiferousness of the Alderney. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1675
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