lactescent.

1. Having a milky whiteness or cloudy, milk-like appearance.

2. Producing or exuding a milky fluid, especially of a plant.

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Words that belong together

• a lactescent fluid
• lactescent opalescence

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A lactescent fluid gathered beneath the clear layer.

The stone’s lactescent cast softened the light passing through it.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Relational or color adjective; more and most only in a natural qualitative comparison. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.