lactiferous
lactiferous adjective: able to secrete milk or a milky fluid such as latex.
Adjective
lactiferous (not comparable)
- Able to secrete milk or a milky fluid such as latex.
- The sprouts proliferate and canalize to form the lactiferous ducts and the outbuddings form the alveoli of the mammary glands.1997, Comprehensive Toxicology: Reproductive and endocrine toxicology, page 258
- Synonyms:
- galactophorous
lactiferous meaning in Tamil
lactiferous in Tamil
- பால் சுரப்பிக்கிற, பாலேந்து, பால் சுரத்தல், பால் வடித்தல், பால்கடத்துகின்ற
Synonyms of lactiferous
Origin of lactiferous
From lacto- + -i- + -ferous.
Words formed from lactiferous
Words that rhyme with lactiferous
- melliferous
- proliferous
- aestiferous
- antheriferous
- aquiferous
- conchiferous
- cruciferous
- culmiferous
- foraminiferous
- gemmiferous
- herbiferous
- luciferous
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- magnetiferous
- mammiferous
- mortiferous
- multiferous
- papyriferous
- pediferous
- pestiferous
- pomiferous
- poriferous
- radiferous
- salutiferous
- seminiferous
- stelliferous
- umbelliferous
- acetabuliferous
- acidiferous
- aeriferous
- agatiferous
- albuminiferous
- aliferous
- alkaliferous
- alumiferous
- aluminiferous
- amberiferous
- amentiferous
- ammonitiferous
- amygdaliferous
- amyliferous
- anatiferous
- angeliferous
- antenniferous
- anthraciferous
- argentiferous
- argilliferous
- armiferous
- astriferous
- auriferous
- bacciferous
- balaniferous
- balsamiferous
- belliferous
- biliferous
- bituminiferous
- branchiferous
- bulbiferous
- byssiferous
- cadmiferous
- calamiferous
Questions about lactiferous
- What does lactiferous mean?
- Lactiferous means able to secrete milk or a milky fluid such as latex.
- What is lactiferous in Tamil?
- Lactiferous in Tamil is பால் சுரப்பிக்கிற, பாலேந்து, பால் சுரத்தல். See Lactiferous meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is lactiferous?
- Lactiferous is an adjective.
Words near lactiferous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lactiferous (page history and authors); lactiferous (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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