1) Resembling milk 
secreting milk
• (a.) Producing milk or a milklike juice or fluid, as the milkweed. See Latex. • (a.) Having a milky look; becoming milky.
Lac·tes'cent adjective [ Latin lactescens , present participle of lactescere to turn to milk, incho. from lactere to be milky, from lac , lactis , milk: confer French lactescent .] 1. Having a milky look; becoming milky. [ Obsolete] 2. (B...
Containing milk or a milk-like substance.
Type: Term Pronunciation: lak-tes′ent Definitions: 1. Resembling milk; milky.