Obs. rare–1. [a. late L. lactifer milk-bearing, f. lact(i)-, lac milk + fer bearing.] A lactiferous vessel.
1673–4. Grew, Anat. Plants, III. I. ii. § 16 (1682), 109. The outmost which make the other Rings [of the Bark] in Arched Parcels, are the Lactifers.
