milky juice
81papaya — papayan, adj. /peuh pah yeuh/, n. 1. the large, yellow, melonlike fruit of a tropical American shrub or small tree, Carica papaya, eaten raw or cooked. 2. the tree itself. Also called pawpaw. [1760 70; < Sp < Carib (Hispaniola)] * * * Large… …
82o|pi|um — «OH pee uhm», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a powerful drug that causes sleep and eases pain. Opium is a narcotic made from the milky juice of the opium poppy and is a bitter substance, containing morphine and other alkaloids. Opium is valuable in… …
83Acer platanoides — Not to be confused with Acer pseudoplatanus. Acer platanoides Norway Maple leaves Scientific classification Kingdom …
84Cypress Spurge — Taxobox name = Euphorbia cyparissias image width = 250px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Malpighiales familia = Euphorbiaceae genus = Euphorbia species = E. cyparissias binomial = Euphorbia cyparissias… …
85lactescent — lactescence, lactescency, n. /lak tes euhnt/, adj. 1. becoming or being milky. 2. Bot., Entomol. secreting or producing a milky juice. [1660 70; < L lactescent (s. of lactescens), prp. of lactescere to turn into milk, produce milk. See LACT ,… …
86rubber — rubber1 rubberless, adj. rubberlike, adj. /rub euhr/, n. 1. Also called India rubber, natural rubber, gum elastic, caoutchouc. a highly elastic solid substance, light cream or dark amber in color, polymerized by the drying and coagulation of the… …
87varnish tree — 1. any of various trees yielding sap or other substances used for varnish, as Rhus verniciflua, of Japan. 2. an Asian tree, Koelreuteria paniculata, of the soapberry family, having showy clusters of yellow flowers from 12 to 18 in. (30 to 46 cm)… …
88Euphorbia cyparissias — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …
89gutta-percha — /gʌtə ˈpɜtʃə / (say gutuh perchuh) noun 1. the coagulated milky juice, nearly white when pure, of various Malaysian trees of the family Sapotaceae, especially Palaquium gutta, variously used in the arts, medicine, and manufacturing, as for… …
90Hypochaeris — noun widely distributed genus of herbs with milky juice; includes some cosmopolitan weeds • Syn: ↑genus Hypochaeris, ↑Hypochoeris, ↑genus Hypochoeris • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑ …
