a. [as if f. L. lactiflu-us (after the analogy of mellifluus, f. lact(i)-, lac milk + flu-, stem of fluĕre to flow) + -OUS.] Flowing or abounding with milk.
1774. W. Curtis, Flora Lond. (1777), I. xxxv. Most plants of this Genus [Euphorbia] contain in them this milky and gummy substance … and this lactifluous property.
1855. Bailey, Mystic, 82. And that, lactifluous, from whose flower-tipped stem … the Caraccan Indian drains, At day-dawn, creamy draughts.
