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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[l.

lac

lactis

, milk +

-ferous

: cf. F.

lactifère

Bearing or containing milk or a milky fluid;

as, the

lactiferous

vessels, cells, or tissue of various vascular plants

Adj.

[L. lac, milk, and fero, to bear.]

Bearing or conveying milk or white juice; as a lactiferous duct.

Producing a thick colored juice; as a plant.

lactiferous ‎(not comparable)