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lactescent

lactescent adjective: milky.

Adjective

lactescent (comparative more lactescent, superlative most lactescent)

  1. milky
    Synonyms:
    milken, lacteous

lactescent meaning in Bengali

lactescent in Bengali

দুধের মতো

Synonyms of lactescent

Forms of lactescent

comparativemore lactescent
superlativemost lactescent

Origin of lactescent

From Latin lactescens, present participle of lactescere.

Words formed from lactescent

Words that rhyme with lactescent

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Questions about lactescent

What does lactescent mean?
Lactescent means milky.
What is lactescent in Bengali?
Lactescent in Bengali is দুধের মতো. See Lactescent meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is lactescent?
Lactescent is an adjective.

Words near lactescent in the dictionary

  1. lacteocrumenasia
  2. lacteous
  3. lactescence
  4. lactescences
  5. lactescency
  6. lactescent
  7. lactic
  8. lactic acid
  9. lactic acidosis
  10. lacticaemia
  11. lacticemia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lactescent (page history and authors); lactescent (Bengali 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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