lactescence

English

Etymology

Compare French lactescence.

Noun

lactescence (countable and uncountable, plural lactescences)

  1. The state or quality of producing milk, or milky sap.
  2. Resemblance to milk; a milky colour.
    • 1664, Robert Boyle, Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours
      This lactescence […] does commonly ensue when […] fair water is suddenly poured upon the solution.
  3. (botany) The latex of certain plants.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lactescence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

French

Noun

lactescence f (plural lactescences)

  1. lactescence

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