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lactiferous, a.|lækˈtɪfərəs|
[f. L. lactifer (see prec.) + -ous.]
1. Of animals and their organs: Producing, secreting, or conveying milk.
1691Ray Creation i. (1692) 144 He makes the Breasts to be..Glandules..made up of an infinite number of little Knots or Kernels, each whereof hath its excretory Vessel or lactiferous Duct. 1794–6E. Darwin Zoon. I. 171 The females of lactiferous animals have another natural inlet of pleasure or pain from the suckling of their offspring. 1802Bingley Anim. Biog. (1813) I. 15 The class of animals denominated..Mammalia, comprehends all those which nourish their offspring by means of lactiferous glands or teats. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) IV. 193 Perfect milk in every separate lactiferous tube.
2. Of plants and their organs: Conveying or yielding a milky fluid.
1673–4Grew Anat. Plants iii. ii. iv. §10 (1682) 133 The Lactiferous and Resiniferous Vessels of Plants. 1675Phil. Trans. X. 487 He finds sap vessels to be..Lymphæducts and Lactiferous. 1753in Chambers Cycl. Supp. 1801Trans. Soc. Arts XIX. 198 Lettuces running to seed..are known to be more particularly lactiferous. 1854J. Hogg Microsc. ii. iv. 409 Plants are likewise furnished with lactiferous ducts or tissue.
Hence lacˈtiferousness, the quality of yielding milk in abundance.
1879Punch 1 Nov. 195/2 The natural lactiferousness of the Alderney. |