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lactean

lactean adjective: milky.

Adjective

lactean (comparative more lactean, superlative most lactean)

  1. (archaic, poetic) milky
    • this lactean whiteness1665, Joseph Moxon, A Tutor to Astronomie and Geographie
  2. (obsolete) lacteal; conveying chyle
    • lactean veins
    • lactean vessels
    Synonyms:
    lacteous

Synonyms of lactean

Forms of lactean

comparativemore lactean
superlativemost lactean

Origin of lactean

See lacteal.

Questions about lactean

What does lactean mean?
Lactean means milky.
What part of speech is lactean?
Lactean is an adjective.

Words near lactean in the dictionary

  1. lactator
  2. lactators
  3. lacteal
  4. lacteally
  5. lacteals
  6. lactean
  7. lactenin
  8. lacteocrumenasia
  9. lacteous
  10. lactescence
  11. lactescences

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