galactite

[Ger. galactit; Gr. galaktitēs lithos a stone which when wetted and rubbed gives out a milky juice; gala (gen it. galaktos )=milk.] Min .: A variety of Natrolite (q. v.). It occurs in colorle crystals, of circular form, in the south of Scotland. "Red, white, grey marble, jasper, galactite ." Sylvester: The Magnificence , 51. laktos ) =milk, and dendron a tree.] *ga-lăc-to-den-dron, s . [Gr. gala (gen it. ga Bot.: An old genus of Artocarpaceæ, formed to include the cow-tree of South America. The genus is now made a synonym of Brosimum, and the cowtree is named B. galactodendron .