milky juice
71Palaquium — noun large genus of Malaysian trees with milky juice and leathery leaves • Syn: ↑genus Palaquium • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Sapotaceae, ↑family Sapotaceae, ↑ …
72poppy family — noun herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits • Syn: ↑Papaveraceae, ↑family Papaveraceae • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Rhoeadales, ↑order Rhoeadales, ↑ …
73spurge family — noun a family of plants of order Geraniales • Syn: ↑Euphorbiaceae, ↑family Euphorbiaceae • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Geraniales, ↑order Geraniales …
74milkbush — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : an Australian shrub (Wrightia saligna) of the family Apocynaceae 2. : a southern African spurge (Euphorbia tirucalli) that resembles a cactus and has milky juice which is used locally to treat syphilis 3. West Indies : a… …
75lac|tif´er|ous|ness — lac|tif|er|ous «lak TIHF uhr uhs», adjective. 1. (of animals or their organs) secreting or conveying milk or a milky fluid. 2. (of plants) yielding a milky juice. ╂[< Latin lactifer producing milk or juice (< lac, lactis milk + ferre to… …
76lac|tif|er|ous — «lak TIHF uhr uhs», adjective. 1. (of animals or their organs) secreting or conveying milk or a milky fluid. 2. (of plants) yielding a milky juice. ╂[< Latin lactifer producing milk or juice (< lac, lactis milk + ferre to bear) + English… …
77Alstonia scholaris — Indian Devil tree (Alstonia scholaris) Conservation status …
78spurge — /sperrj/, n. any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia, having a milky juice and flowers with no petals or sepals. Cf. spurge family. [1350 1400; ME < MF espurge, n. deriv. of espurgier to cleanse < L expurgare. See EX 1, PURGE] * * * One of… …
79lactescent — /lækˈtɛsənt/ (say lak tesuhnt) adjective 1. becoming or being milky. 2. Botany forming a milky juice. 3. Entomology secreting a milky fluid. {Latin lactescens, present participle} –lactescence, noun …
80lactescence — n. 1 a milky form or appearance. 2 a milky juice. Etymology: L lactescere f. lactere be milky (as LACTIC) …
