lactescent

1. Becoming milky.
2. Milky.
3. Biology. Secreting or yielding a milky juice, as certain plants and insects.

[Latin lactēscēns, lactēscent-, present participle of lactēscere, from lac, lact-, milk.]

1. Becoming milky.
2. Milky.
3. Secreting or yielding a milky juice, as certain plants and insects.

Resemblance to milk.