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单词 lactiferous
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lactiferous

[ lak-tif-er-uhs ]
/ lækˈtɪf ər əs /

adjective

producing or secreting milk: lactiferous glands.
conveying milk or a milky fluid: lactiferous ducts.

Origin of lactiferous

1665–75; <New Latin lactifer that bears milk (see lacti-, -fer) + -ous

OTHER WORDS FROM lactiferous

lac·tif·er·ous·ness, noun

Words nearby lactiferous

lactescent, lacti-, lactic, lactic acid, lacticacidemia, lactiferous, lactiferous duct, lactiferous sinus, lactifuge, lactigenous, lactigerous
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Example sentences from the Web for lactiferous

  • In some cinchona bark a system of lactiferous vessels is found between the liber and mesophlum.

    Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
  • Let me curr to quercine shades Effund your albid hausts, lactiferous maids!

    The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table|Oliver Wendell Holmes
  • The most characteristic structure, however, and that by which chicory can be easily identified, is the lactiferous tissue.

    Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for lactiferous

lactiferous
/ (lækˈtɪfərəs) /

adjective

producing, conveying, or secreting milk or a milky fluidlactiferous ducts
botany containing latex; laticiferous

Derived forms of lactiferous

lactiferousness, noun

Word Origin for lactiferous

C17: from Latin lactifer, 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 lactiferous

lactiferous
[ lăk-tĭfər-əs ]

adj.

Producing, secreting, or conveying milk.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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