Lactescent Definition

lăk-tĕsənt
adjective
Of a milky appearance.
Webster's New World
Becoming milky.
Webster's New World
Secreting milk.
Webster's New World
Forming or exuding a milky fluid.
Webster's New World

Milky.

Wiktionary

Origin of Lactescent

  • Latin lactēscēns lactēscent- present participle of lactēscere inchoative of lactēre to be milky from lac lact- milk melg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin lactescens, present participle of lactescere

    From Wiktionary

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