lactescentadj.
/lakˈtɛsnt/, U.S. /lækˈtɛs(ə)nt/ 1. Becoming milky; having a milky appearance.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white > as milk
milk-whiteOE
as white as milkOE
milkisha1398
milkya1398
milkc1450
milky-white1581
milkena1586
lacteal1633
lacteous1646
lactaceous1656
lactean1659
lactescent1758
milchy1890
the world > plants > part of plant > plant substances > [adjective] > having or yielding a milky fluid > milky (of the fluid)
milkya1398
lactescent1815
1668 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 3 752 Concerning lactescent Bloud in a man..whose Bloud alwayes turn'd into Milk.
1758 J. Walker in Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 135 Saccharum Saturni being added to the solution, precipitated a thick lactescent cloud.
1815 Sporting Mag. 46 63 The lactescent juice of the former [lettuce] is powerfully narcotic.
1851 S. D. Gross Pract. Treat. Dis. Bladder i. xviii. 372 The urine assumes a turbid, purulent, or lactescent aspect.
2. Of plants: Yielding a milky juice.
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the world > plants > part of plant > plant substances > [adjective] > having or yielding a milky fluid
lactary1646
milky1646
lactific1657
lactescent1673
lactiferous1675
lactifluous1777
lactarious1855
lactory-
1673 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 6006 Cheggio, a lactescent plant, found in Cambaja.
1724 S. Switzer Pract. Fruit Gardener (1727) vii. lviii. 308 Common ladies thistle..on account of its lactescent quality.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 11 Limnocharis, a genus belonging to Butomeæ, is lactescent.
1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. 417/2.
3. Used for: Producing or secreting milk.
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the world > life > the body > secretory organs > action or process of secreting > secreting spec. > [adjective] > secreting milk
milchc1300
uberous1624
lactiferous1692
lactescent1796
lactational1903
1796 Ann. Med. 1 236 Tension of the nipples of lactescent women at the sight of a child.
1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xxiv. 478 The entire skin of the abdomen forms a pocket, inclosing the lactescent organs.
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