Usage examples (13)

• The recurrence, moreover, of pregnancy in the lactescent female may render the milk of a bad quality, and will invariably lessen its quantity.
• The lactescent plants belong chiefly to the three families of the euphorbiaceae, the urticeae, and the apocineae.
• The proportions of the two albuminous and oily principles differ in the various species of animals and of lactescent plants.
• After marriage the breasts diminished, but she was unable to suckle either of her three children, the breasts becoming turgid but never lactescent.