Lactescence

Lac-tes′cence

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

lactescence

.]

1.

The state or quality of producing milk, or milklike juice; resemblance to milk; a milky color.

This

lactescence

does commonly ensue when . . . fair water is suddenly poured upon the solution.

Boyle.

2.

(Bot.)

The latex of certain plants. See

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,

Noun.

[L. lactescens, lactescp, from lacto; lac, milk.]

1.

Tendency to milk; milkiness or milky color.

2.

In botany, milkiness; the liquor which flows abundantly from a plant, when wounded; commonly white, but sometimes yellow or red.

lactescence ‎(plural lactescences)

The state or quality of producing milk, or milky sap.
Resemblance to milk; a milky colour.
This lactescence does commonly ensue when […] fair water is suddenly poured upon the solution. — Boyle.
(botany) The latex of certain plants.