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lactescent
lac·tes·cent L0010400 (lăk-tĕs′ənt)adj.1. Milky.2. Botany Secreting or yielding a milky sap.
[Latin lactēscēns, lactēscent-, present participle of lactēscere, inchoative of lactēre, to be milky, from lac, lact-, milk; see melg- in Indo-European roots.]
lac·tes′cence n.lactescent (lækˈtɛsənt) adj1. (Biology) (of plants and certain insects) secreting a milky fluid2. milky or becoming milky[C18: from Latin lactescēns, from lactescēre to become milky, from lact-, lac milk] lacˈtescence nlactescent
lactescent[lak′tes·ənt] (biology) Having a milky appearance. (physiology) Secreting milk or a milklike substance. lactescent
lac·tes·cent (lak-tes'ent), Resembling milk; milky.lactescent (lăk-tĕs′ənt)adj.1. Milky.2. Botany Secreting or yielding a milky sap.
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