milk-cap

English

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

Alternative forms

milkcap, milk cap

Etymology

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

Noun

milk-cap (plural milk-caps)

A mushroom of the genus Lactarius.
Synonym: milky

Hyponyms

Translations

mushroom of the genus Lactarius

Catalan: lactari m
Czech: ryzec (cs) m
Danish: mælkehat
Finnish: rousku (fi)
French: lactaire (fr) m
German: Milchling m
Hungarian: tejelőgomba (hu)
Italian: sanguinello m
Norwegian: riske m or f, melkesopp m
Russian: мле́чник (ru) m (mléčnik)
Swedish: riska (sv) c
Welsh: cap llaeth m

See also

milk caps: a children's game

Further reading

milk-cap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Lactarius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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