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lactescence

lactescence noun: the quality or state of producing milk, or milky sap.

Noun

lactescence (countable and uncountable, plural lactescences)

  1. The quality or state of producing milk, or milky sap.
  2. Resemblance to milk; milkiness or a milky colour.
    • serum lactescence found in patients with nephrosis
    • [T]his Lacteſcence, if I may ſo call it, does alſo commonly enſue vvhen […] fair VVater is ſuddenly pour'd upon the Tincture or Solution.1664, Robert Boyle, “Experiment XII”, in Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours. […], London: […] Henry Herringman […], →OCLC, part II (Of the Nature of Whiteness and Blackness), page 169
  3. The latex of certain plants.

lactescence meaning in Tamil

lactescence in Tamil

பால் ஒத்த, பால் தோற்றப் பொருள், பால் போல்

Forms of lactescence

plurallactescences

Origin of lactescence

Compare French lactescence.

Questions about lactescence

What does lactescence mean?
Lactescence means the quality or state of producing milk, or milky sap.
What is lactescence in Tamil?
Lactescence in Tamil is பால் ஒத்த, பால் தோற்றப் பொருள், பால் போல். See Lactescence meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lactescence?
Lactescence is a noun.
What is the plural of lactescence?
The plural of lactescence is lactescences.

Words near lactescence in the dictionary

  1. lacteals
  2. lactean
  3. lactenin
  4. lacteocrumenasia
  5. lacteous
  6. lactescence
  7. lactescences
  8. lactescency
  9. lactescent
  10. lactic
  11. lactic acid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lactescence (page history and authors); lactescence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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