Etymology

lactucone

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Today it means: A white, crystalline, tasteless substance found in the milky sap of species of Lactuca, and constituting an essential ingredient of lactucarium. Full definition →

translingual Lactuca
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The story

  1. translingual · derived fromLactuca“genus of lettuces”
  2. English todaylactucone

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

Words from the same roots

translingualLactuca all →

lactucic acid

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