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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. F.

lactescence

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.

(Bot.)

The latex of certain plants. See

Noun.

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

Tendency to milk; milkiness or milky color.

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