lactucone

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noun

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

Origintranslingual Lactuca →
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Meanings

nounlactucone (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA white, crystalline, tasteless substance found in the milky sap of species of Lactuca, and constituting an essential ingredient of lactucarium.

Origin

  1. translingualLactuca“genus of lettuces”
  2. Englishlactucone

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

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APA

lactucone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lactucone

MLA

“lactucone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lactucone. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lactucone,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lactucone.

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