Usually means: Produces or carries milk.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word lactiferous:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. lactiferous: Merriam-Webster
  2. lactiferous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lactiferous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. lactiferous: Collins English Dictionary
  5. lactiferous: Wordnik
  6. lactiferous: Wiktionary
  7. lactiferous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. lactiferous: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. lactiferous: Dictionary.com
  10. Lactiferous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. lactiferous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Lactiferous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. lactiferous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. lactiferous: FreeDictionary.org
  15. lactiferous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  16. lactiferous: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. lactiferous: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Lactiferous: MedFriendly Glossary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. lactiferous: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lactiferous)

▸ adjective:  Able to secrete milk or a milky fluid.

Similar:
lactific, milkable, nursable, liquefiable, fetiferous, leakable, inseminable, fermentable, latherable, chylifactory, more...

Opposite:
non-lactiferous, a-lactiferous, alacteous

Phrases:
lactiferous ducts, Lactiferous duct, lactiferous sinus, lactiferous t's, lactiferous ts, more...

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Similar:
lactific, milkable, nursable, liquefiable, fetiferous, leakable, inseminable, fermentable, latherable, chylifactory, more...

Opposite:
non-lactiferous, a-lactiferous, alacteous

Phrases:
lactiferous ducts, Lactiferous duct, lactiferous sinus, lactiferous t's, lactiferous ts, more...



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