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countable and uncountable, plural lactescences
The quality or state of producing milk, or milky sap. examples
Resemblance to milk; a milky colour. quotations 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.
1664, Robert Boyle, “Experiment XII”, in Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Henry Herringman […], published 1670, part II (Of the Nature of Whiteness and Blackness), page 169
(botany) The latex of certain plants. examples