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Webster 1913 Edition


Lactucone

Lac-tu′cone

,
Noun.
[From
Lactuca
.]
(Chem.)
A white, crystalline, tasteless substance, found in the milky sap of species of Lactuca, and constituting an essential ingredient of lactucarium.

Definition 2024


lactucone

lactucone

English

Noun

lactucone (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) A white, crystalline, tasteless substance found in the milky sap of species of Lactuca, and constituting an essential ingredient of lactucarium.