putrescible
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
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Etymology
Origin of putrescible
1790–1800; < Latin putrēsc ( ere ) to grow rotten + -ible
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It is not because the boiled meats or vegetables are not putrescible or fermentable, as those who have had the misfortune to be in a ship supplied with unskilfully closed tins well know.
From Discourses Biological and Geological Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley
Fed with such air, in the great majority of cases the putrescible liquids remained perfectly sweet after boiling.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall
The fresh but putrescible liquid is introduced into the six tubes in succession by means of the pipette.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall
Helmholtz separated a putrefying or a fermenting liquid from one which was simply putrescible or fermentable by a membrane which allowed the fluids to pass through and become intermixed, but stopped the passage of solids.
From Discourses Biological and Geological Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley
The importance of "Dutch cleanliness" in our houses, and the abolition of all collections of putrescible matter in and around our houses, is abundantly evident.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 by Various
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