milk-cap

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English

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Lactarius quietus, with drops of latex (“milk”)

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Etymology

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From milk +‎ cap, named after the latex (“milk”) they exude when cut or bruised.

Noun

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milk-cap (plural milk-caps)

  1. A mushroom of the genus Lactarius.
    Synonym: milky

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