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virescence

[ vahy-res-uhns, vi- ]

noun

, Botany.
  1. state of becoming somewhat, though usually not totally, green, due to the abnormal presence of chlorophyll.


virescence

/ vɪˈrɛsəns /

noun

  1. (in plants) the process of becoming green, esp by the action of disease, etc, in parts not normally green
  2. the condition of being or the process of becoming green
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of virescence1

First recorded in 1885–90; viresc(ent) + -ence
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Word History and Origins

Origin of virescence1

C19: see virescent
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Example Sentences

See also succeeding paragraphs and sections in Chloranthy, Virescence, &c.

A sudden belch of flame, outside, split the night with terrible virescence.

Some of the above are probably cases of mere virescence rather than of phyllody.

The plumage of the young bird is brownish-olive above, with a tendency to stronger virescence on the rump and tail.

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