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lactiferous
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
LACTIFEROUS
a.[L. lac, milk, and fero, to bear. ] 1. Bearing or conveying milk or white juice; as a lactiferous duct.
2. Producing a thick colored juice; as a plant.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LACTIFEROUS
Lac *tif "er *ous, a. Etym: [l. lac, lactis, milk + -ferous: cf. F.lactifère.]
Defn: Bearing or containing milk or a milky fluid; as, the lactiferous vessels, cells, or tissue of various vascular plants.
New American Oxford Dictionary
lactiferous
lac tif er ous |lakˈtif (ə )rəs ˌlækˈtɪfərəs | ▶adjective chiefly Anatomy forming or conveying milk or milky fluid: lactiferous ducts. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Latin lac, lact- ‘milk ’ + -ferous .
Oxford Dictionary
lactiferous
lactiferous |lakˈtɪf (ə )rəs | ▶adjective chiefly Anatomy forming or conveying milk or milky fluid: lactiferous ducts. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Latin lac, lact- ‘milk ’ + -ferous .
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