virescent

[ vahy-res-uhnt, vi- ]

adjective
  1. turning green.

  2. tending to a green color; slightly greenish.

Origin of virescent

1
1820–30; <Latin virēscent- (stem of virēscēns, present participle of virēscere to become green), equivalent to vir(ēre) to be green + -ēscent--escent

Words Nearby virescent

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How to use virescent in a sentence

  • Even the runners, sinuously encroaching upon the sidewalk, were deeply virescent.

  • Some partially virescent honeysuckle flowers have a similar structure.

    Vegetable Teratology | Maxwell T. Masters

British Dictionary definitions for virescent

virescent

/ (vɪˈrɛsənt) /


adjective
  1. greenish or becoming green

Origin of virescent

1
C19: from Latin virescere to grow green, from virēre to be green

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