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Meaning of lactescence | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of producing milk, or milky sap.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Resemblance to milk; a milky colour.
    countable, uncountable
  3. The latex of certain plants.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Français lactescence

Examples

“[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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Lactic lactic acid lactic acidosis lacticaemia lacticin lacticinia

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