lacteous

English

Etymology

See lacteal.

Adjective

lacteous (comparative more lacteous, superlative most lacteous)

  1. Milky; resembling milk.
    • Sir Thomas Browne
      the lacteous circle
  2. Lacteal; conveying chyle.
    lacteous vessels

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lacteous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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