putrescible
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
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Etymology
Origin of putrescible
1790–1800; < Latin putrēsc ( ere ) to grow rotten + -ible
Example Sentences
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Of course, as a rule, the softer and more putrescible organic matters have perished by decay, and it is only the14 harder and more resisting parts that remain.
From The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants by Dawson, Sir J. William
Before they were known, cleanliness and the destruction of putrescible matter in man's surroundings had, it is true, been urged by sanitary reformers.
From More Science From an Easy Chair by Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir
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 Huxley, Thomas Henry
The dustbins must cease being made the receptacle for putrescent and putrescible matter, the destruction of which by fire should be insisted upon.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 by Various
All putrescible matter liable to breed a pestilence is carried far from shore and sunk under fathoms of the never-stagnant sea.
From Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work by Warren, Henry White
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