lactiferous

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Able to secrete milk or a milky fluid such as latex. not-comparable
    — The sprouts proliferate and canalize to form the lactiferous ducts and the outbuddings form the alveoli of the mammary glands.

词源

Etymology tree
Latin lacder.
English lacto-
Latin -i-bor.
English -i-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti
Proto-Italic *ferō
Latin ferō
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?
Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos
Latin -ōsus
Old French -usbor.
Middle English -ous
English -ous
English -ferous
English lactiferous
From lacto- + -i- + -ferous.
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