A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

lacteus,-a,-um (adj.A), lactarius,-a,-um (adj.A): lacteous, like milk; milky, like milk; milky white; “dull white verging to blue” (Lindley); [> L. lac, gen.sg. lactis (s.n.III), milk];

Circulus,-i (s.m.II) lacteus, abl.sg. circulo lacteo, the Milky Way.

- arbores parvae v. elatae, succo aqueo v. saccharato v. rarissime lacteo scatentes (B&H), (the genus Acer), small or tall, flowing with a watery, sugary or very rarely milky sap.

- hеrЬаe hispidae v. glaucae, succo lácteo (B&H), hispid herbs or glaucous, with a milky sap.

- herbae annuae aut perennes, seu suffruticosae, succo lacteo albo, rarius flavo croceo seu sanguineo, foetae (DeCandolle), an annual or perennial herb or subshrub, full of a milky white, more rarely yellow, crocus-colored or blood-red sap.

- herbae succo aqueo nee lacteo foetae (DeCandolle), herbs filled with an aqueous sap, not milk-white.

- [Draba lactea] petala lactea breviter unguiculata ovalia (DeCandolle), the petals milk-white, shortly unguiculate, oval.

- succus lacteus praesertim ad radicem (DeCandolle), the sap milky especially at the root.

- corolla láctea raro incarnata (F.Mueller), the corolla milk-white rarely flesh-colored.