'Lactescent' definitions:
Definition of 'Lactescent'
From: GCIDE
- Lactescent \Lac*tes"cent\, a. [L. lactescens, p. pr. of lactescere to turn to milk, incho. fr. lactere to be milky, fr. lac, lactis, milk: cf. F. lactescent.]
- 1. Having a milky look; becoming milky. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) Producing milk or a milklike juice or fluid, as the milkweed. See Latex. [1913 Webster]