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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

lactescens

, p. pr. of

lactescere

to turn to milk, incho. fr.

lactere

to be milky, fr.

lac

lactis

, milk: cf. F.

lactescent

Having a milky look; becoming milky.

[Obs.]

(Bot.)

Producing milk or a milklike juice or fluid, as the milkweed. See

, a.

Producing milk or white juice.

Abounding with a thick colored juice.

lactescent ‎(comparative more lactescent, superlative most lactescent)