What does lactiferous mean?
Definitions for lactiferous
lækˈtɪf ər əslac·t·if·er·ous
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lactiferousadjective
Bearing or containing milk or a milky fluid.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Lactiferousadjective
What conveys or brings milk.
Etymology: lac and fero.
He makes the breasts to be nothing but glandules, made up of an infinite number of little knots, each whereof hath its excretory vessel, or lactiferous duct. John Ray, on the Creation.
Webster Dictionary
Lactiferousadjective
bearing or containing milk or a milky fluid; as, the lactiferous vessels, cells, or tissue of various vascular plants
Etymology: [l. lac, lactis, milk + -ferous: cf. F. lactifre.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of lactiferous in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of lactiferous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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