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lactaceous

lactaceous adjective: consisting primarily or exclusively of milk.

Adjective

lactaceous (comparative more lactaceous, superlative most lactaceous)

  1. Consisting primarily or exclusively of milk.
    • Infants generally subsist on a lactaceous diet.
  2. Milky in texture or consistency.
    • The plant produces lactaceous secretions.

Forms of lactaceous

comparativemore lactaceous
superlativemost lactaceous

Origin of lactaceous

From lacto- + -aceous.

Questions about lactaceous

What does lactaceous mean?
Lactaceous means consisting primarily or exclusively of milk.
What part of speech is lactaceous?
Lactaceous is an adjective.

Words near lactaceous in the dictionary

  1. lacrymose
  2. lacs
  3. Lacson
  4. Lacsons
  5. lact-
  6. lactaceous
  7. lactacidemia
  8. lactacidosis
  9. lactacystin
  10. lactadherin
  11. lactage

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