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单词 lactescent
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
lac•tes•cent  (lak tesənt),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. becoming or being milky.
  2. Botany, Insectssecreting or producing a milky juice.
  • Latin lactēscent- (stem of lactēscēns), present participle of lactēscere to turn into milk, produce milk. See lact-, -escent
  • 1660–70
lac•tescence, lac•tescen•cy, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
lactescent /lækˈtɛsənt/ adj
  1. (of plants and certain insects) secreting a milky fluid
  2. milky or becoming milky
Etymology: 18th Century: from Latin lactescēns, from lactescēre to become milky, from lact-, lac milk

lacˈtescence n
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