Moonmilk

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A white, creamy limestone precipitate found in caves. uncountable
  2. 2
    Alternative form of moon milk (“flavoured warm milk”). alt-of, alternative, uncountable

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mondmilch

Etymology

From moon + milk, based on its appearance and the prescientific belief that it originated from the moon. Compare German Mondmilch, Latin lac lunae.

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