English Dictionary: lactiferous | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lactiferous \Lac*tif"er*ous\, a. [l. lac, lactis, milk + -ferous: cf. F. lactif[8a]re.] Bearing or containing milk or a milky fluid; as, the lactiferous vessels, cells, or tissue of various vascular plants. |