rufescent
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adjective
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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
Example Sentences
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P. campan.-exp. irreg. cracked, viscid, greyish brown then rufescent; g. adnate; s. solid, fibrous, ring narrow.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
P. 2-3 cm. convex then plane, even, viscid, granular, rufescent or yellowish; g. free; s. 2-3 cm.; s. dry, whitish floccosely squamulose up to ring; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
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 George Massee
Similar to No. 758, but back, tail, and flanks without brownish or rufescent tinge.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Frank M. Chapman
P. glabrous, thin, exp. umbil. even, brownish, edge lobed; g. thick, crisped, rufescent; s. rigid, fistulose, black.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
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