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lac·tes·cent

(lăk-tĕs′ənt)
adj.
1. Milky.
2. Botany Secreting or yielding a milky sap.
[Latin lactēscēns, lactēscent-, present participle of lactēscere, inchoative of lactēre, to be milky, from lac, lact-, milk; see melg- in Indo-European roots.]
lac·tes′cence n.
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lactescence

the process of becoming milky or the state of being milky. See also milk. — lactescent, adj.
See also: Processes
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