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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

 
lactescent, exuding or yielding a milky fluid, especially when damaged [tritus,-a,-um (part.A), ‘bruised’], milky; milk-white; becoming like milk; “containing lac, q.v., or milk” (Lindley): lactescens,-entis (part.B);

- pileus vulneratus lactescens, the injured pileus lactescent.

- herba volubilis, lactescens, cymis axillaribus furcatis (B&H), a viney herb, exuding a milky sap, with axillary forked cymes.

- frutex lactescens elatior (F. Mueller), a shrub exuding a milky sap, taller.

- herba juventute radice lactescenti, a herb when young with a lactescent root.

 

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