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Meaning of "lactescent" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LACTESCENT

From Latin lactescēns, from lactescēre to become milky, from lact-, lac milk.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LACTESCENT

lactescent  [lækˈtɛsənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LACTESCENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lactescent is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LACTESCENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lactescent in the English dictionary

The definition of lactescent in the dictionary is secreting a milky fluid. Other definition of lactescent is milky or becoming milky.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LACTESCENT


adolescent
ˌædəˈlɛsənt
adultescent
ˌædəlˈtɛsənt
antidepressant
ˌæntɪdɪˈprɛsənt
crescent
ˈkrɛsənt
delitescent
ˌdɛlɪˈtɛsənt
depressant
dɪˈprɛsənt
effervescent
ˌɛfəˈvɛsənt
fluorescent
ˌflʊəˈrɛsənt
frutescent
fruːˈtɛsənt
incandescent
ˌɪnkænˈdɛsənt
incessant
ɪnˈsɛsənt
iridescent
ˌɪrɪˈdɛsənt
latescent
leɪˈtɛsənt
obmutescent
ˌɒbmjuːˈtɛsənt
obsolescent
ˌɒbsəˈlɛsənt
pearlescent
pɜːˈlɛsənt
prepubescent
ˌpriːpjuːˈbɛsənt
quiescent
kwɪˈɛsənt
senescent
sɪˈnɛsənt
suppressant
səˈprɛsənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LACTESCENT

lactase
lactate
lactation
lactation tetany
lactational
lactationally
lacteal
lacteally
lacteous
lactescence
lactic
lactic acid
lactiferous
lactiferousness
lactific
lactifluous
lactivism
lactivist
lacto-ovo-vegetarian
lacto-vegetarian

WORDS THAT END LIKE LACTESCENT

acquiescent
ascent
chemiluminescent
coalescent
convalescent
descent
evanescent
Fertile Crescent
florescent
intumescent
line of descent
luminescent
nascent
phosphorescent
photoluminescent
pubescent
recent
Red Crescent
reminiscent
scent
the crescent

Synonyms and antonyms of lactescent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lactescent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LACTESCENT

Find out the translation of lactescent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lactescent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lactescent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

乳状
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lechosa
570 millions of speakers

English

lactescent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

lactescent
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

lactescent
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

молокоподобную
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lactescente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দুগ্ধোত্পাদক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lactescent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lactescent
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lakteszente
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

乳汁状
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

젖빛
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lactescent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có hàm nước như sưa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

lactescent
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लैक्टसेंट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lactescent
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lattescente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lactescent
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

молокоподобной
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lactescent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

lactescent
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

melk afscheidend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lactescent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lactescent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lactescent

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LACTESCENT»

The term «lactescent» is used very little and occupies the 174.719 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LACTESCENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lactescent» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lactescent» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lactescent

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LACTESCENT»

Discover the use of lactescent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lactescent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Outlines of Botany: Including a General History of the ...
Non-lactescent, supr. ovary, aaeendg. seeds, watery alb. Lactescent, variable perianth, germen free, ovules def., pend. alb. oily, testso carunculatc, radicle superior. Seeds 2. Seeds solitary. [nted testae. N on- lactescent, inf. winged ovary , ...
Gilbert Thomas Burnett, 1835
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A Botanical Materia Medica: Consisting of the Generic and ...
Lactescent, acrid when chewed some little time, but not fiery as L. longiflora. Stem erect, angular, slightly hairy, leafy to the end, frequently with a purplish red tinge. Leaves lanceolate, slightly pubescent; margin serrato-dentate; teeth whitish at ...
Jonathan Stokes, 1812
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Kelley's Essentials of Internal Medicine
Clear + + + 2b LDL and VLDL Cholesterol I Clear + + + Triglycerides I 3 Chylomicron and VLDL Cholesterol | Turbid or lactescent + + remnants Triglycerides I or ft 4 VLDL" Triglycerides t Turbid or lactescent + 5 Chylomicrons and VLDL ...
H. David Humes, 2001
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View ...
LAMIALEs.—Slems round or tetragonal with perfect nodes, not lactescent; stipules 0. Inflorescence not gyrate. Calym persistent, odd calycine division superior. Corolla monopetalous, not plaited, more or less irregular, hypogynous, deciduous.
‎1838
5
General Natural History
26. The purple-stalked, yellow-headed Lepiota. 27. The longstalked, milky and acrid Lepiota. 28. The bulbous, brown, acrid, lactescent Lepiota. 29. The yellowish, acrid, and lactescent Lepiota. 30. The tough, purplish, acrid, lactescent Lepiota.
John Hill, 1751
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London encyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of science, ...
Of the poisonous lactescent plants, the most remarkable are sumach, agaric, maple, burning thorny plant, cassada, celandine, puccoon, prickly poppy, and the plants of the natural order contortae, as swallow-wort, apocy- num, cynanchum, ...
Thomas Tegg, 1829
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The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal ... Edinburgh, Constable ...
1'7. Lamanas-Stems round or tetragonal with perfect nodes, not lactescent; stipules 0. Inflorescence not gyrate. Calyx persistent, odd calycine division superior. Corolla 1110nopetalous, not plaited, more or less irregular, hypogynous, ...
‎1838
8
The Polar star, being a continuation of 'The Extractor', of ...
Other diseases existing among the sheep, to a considerable extent, all over the kingdom, are produced by the lactescent or milky plants, particularly the euphorbia, or spurge, so frequently to be met with in the stubble and clover fields,  ...
‎1830
9
The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View ...
Stems round or tetragonal with perfect nodes, not lactescent ; stipules 0. Inflorescence not gyrate. Calyx persistent, odd calycine division superior. Corolla mo- nopetalous, not plaited, more or less irregular, hypogynous, deciduous. Stamens ...
Robert Jameson, 1838
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Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal
Stems round or tetragonal with perfect nodes, not lactescent; stipules 0. Inflorescence not gyrate. Calyx persistent, odd calycine division superior. Corolla mo- nopetalous, not plaited, more or less irregular, hypogynous, deciduous. Stamens not ...
Robert Jameson, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Wernerian Natural History Society, 1838

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