lactescent

adjective

1. becoming or being milky.
2. Botany, Entomology. secreting or producing a milky juice.

adjective

1. (of plants and certain insects) secreting a milky fluid
2. milky or becoming milky

adj.

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