| 单词 | lactescent |
| 释义 | lactescent[ lak-tes-uhnt ] / lækˈtɛs ənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR lactescent ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivebecoming or being milky. Botany, Entomology. secreting or producing a milky juice. Origin of lactescent1660–70; <Latin lactēscent- (stem of lactēscēns), present participle of lactēscere to turn into milk, produce milk. See lact-, -escent OTHER WORDS FROM lactescentlac·tes·cence, lac·tes·cen·cy, nounnon·lac·tes·cent, adjectiveWords nearby lactescentlactation, lactation amenorrhea, lactation tetany, lacteal, lacteous, lactescent, lacti-, lactic, lactic acid, lacticacidemia, lactiferous Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lactescent
British Dictionary definitions for lactescentlactescent / (lækˈtɛsənt) / adjective(of plants and certain insects) secreting a milky fluid milky or becoming milky Derived forms of lactescentlactescence, nounWord Origin for lactescentC18: from Latin lactescēns, from lactescēre to become milky, from lact-, lac milk Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for lactescentlactescent [ lăk-tĕs′ənt ] adj.Becoming milky. Milky. Secreting or yielding a milky juice, as certain plants and insects. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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