Definitions for virescentvaɪˈrɛs ənt, vɪ-
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
vi•res•centvaɪˈrɛs ənt, vɪ-(adj.)
turning green.
Category: Botany, Common Vocabulary
tending to a green color; greenish.
Category: Botany, Common Vocabulary
Origin of virescent:
1820–30; < L virēscent-, virēscēns, prp. of virēscere to become green, inchoative der. of virēre to be green
Wiktionary
virescent(Adjective)
Green-like, greenish.
virescent(Adjective)
Becoming green.
Origin: Circa 1825, from virescens, present participle of viresco, from
Webster Dictionary
Virescent(adj)
beginning to be green; slightly green; greenish
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