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rufescent

American  
[roo-fes-uhnt] / ruˈfɛs ənt /

adjective

  1. somewhat reddish; tinged with red; rufous.


rufescent British  
/ ruːˈfɛsənt /

adjective

  1. botany tinged with red or becoming red

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Other Word Forms

  • rufescence noun

Etymology

Origin of rufescent

First recorded in 1800–10; from Latin rūfescent- (stem of rūfescēns, present participle of rūfescere “to redden”), derivative of rūf(us) red 1 “tawny”; see also -escent

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Similar to No. 719a, but bill larger, upper surface usually rather deeper and richer brown, flanks somewhat more rufescent; W. 2.1; B. .6.

From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Chapman, Frank M.

P. 2-4 cm. obtuse, flaccid, glabrous, rufescent then pallid; g. closely crowded; s. 6-12 cm. more or less compressed, rufous, everywhere with white down; sp. subgl. 7-9.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

In color, T. b. pascalis differs from T. b. perpes in being duller, less rufescent.

From Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Rodents by Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)

P. convexo-plane, umbil. or depr. irreg. even, glabrous, rufescent; g. almost free, crowded, white then spotted black; s. apex thickened and silky, whitish, blackish when bruised; sp. 10-11 � 4-6.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 6-8 cm. obtuse, viscid, brown, streaked with fibrils, disc papillose; g. broad, whitish; s. 3-5 cm. equal, rufescent, solid, flesh white; sp. 4-6 � 3-5. irregulare, Karst.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George