lactucone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A white, crystalline, tasteless substance found in the milky sap of species of Lactuca, and constituting an essential ingredient of lactucarium.

Word forms

lactucone

Etymology

From translingual Lactuca (“genus of lettuces”) + -one.

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