What does lactescence mean?
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lactes·cence
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Lactescencenoun
Tendency to milk.
Etymology: lactesco, Latin.
This lactescence does commonly ensue, when wine, being impregnated with gums, or other vegetable concretions, that abound with sulphureous corpuscles, fair water is suddenly poured upon the solution. Robert Boyle, on Colours.
Webster Dictionary
Lactescencenoun
the state or quality of producing milk, or milklike juice; resemblance to milk; a milky color
Lactescencenoun
the latex of certain plants. See Latex
Etymology: [Cf. F. lactescence.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of lactescence in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of lactescence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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