lactiferous

[ lak-tif-er-uhs ]

adjective

producing or secreting milk: lactiferous glands.
conveying milk or a milky fluid: lactiferous ducts.

Origin of lactiferous

1665–75; <New Latin lactifer that bears milk (see lacti-, -fer) + -ous

Other words from lactiferous

lac·tif·er·ous·ness, noun

Words Nearby lactiferous

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How to use lactiferous in a sentence

The most characteristic structure, however, and that by which chicory can be easily identified, is the lactiferous tissue.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I | Arnold Cooley
In some cinchona bark a system of lactiferous vessels is found between the liber and mesophlum.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I | Arnold Cooley
Let me curr to quercine shades Effund your albid hausts, lactiferous maids!
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table | Oliver Wendell Holmes

British Dictionary definitions for lactiferous

lactiferous

/ (lækˈtɪfərəs) /

adjective

producing, conveying, or secreting milk or a milky fluid: lactiferous ducts
botany containing latex; laticiferous

Origin of lactiferous

C17: from Latin lactifer, from lact-, lac milk

Derived forms of lactiferous

lactiferousness, noun

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