Definitions for lactescent

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lactescent lac·tes·cent

Spelling: [lak-tes-uh nt]

IPA: /lækˈtɛs ənt/

Lactescent is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 459 anagrams from letters in lactescent (acceelnstt).

Definitions for lactescent

adjective

1. becoming or being milky.
2. Botany, Entomology. secreting or producing a milky juice.

Origin of lactescent

1660-70; Latin lactēscent- (stem of lactēscēns), present participle of lactēscere to turn into milk, produce milk. See lact-, -escent

Examples for lactescent

lactescent, producing milky juice, as does the Milkweed, &c.