(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:46:39

Lac*tif"er*ous (?), a. [l. lac, lactis, milk + -ferous: cf. F. lactifere.]

Bearing or containing milk or a milky fluid; as, the lactiferous vessels, cells, or tissue of various vascular plants.

 

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