butyreux
definition
Dictionnaire universel de Furetière (1690)
Historical definition of BUTIREUX, EUSE adj.
Terme de Medecine. On distingue dans le laict trois parties, la butireuse, qui est la grasse dont se fait le beurre ; la cereuse, qui est le laict clair ; & la fromagée, qui est la plus crasse & la plus seche.
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