virescence
Americannoun
noun
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(in plants) the process of becoming green, esp by the action of disease, etc, in parts not normally green
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the condition of being or the process of becoming green
Etymology
Origin of virescence
First recorded in 1885–90; viresc(ent) + -ence
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Assuming that the distinguishing marks have only become inactive by virescence, it is manifest that on returning each will show its own peculiarities, as recorded above.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
Some flowers are more liable to virescence than others.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. Masters
Many of the cases recorded as reversions of the parts of the flower to leaves are simply instances of virescence; indeed, it is not in all cases easy to distinguish between the two states.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. Masters
Captain Alden's and Rrisa's shots produced still other blurs of virescence.
From The Flying Legion by George Allan England
Frondescence of the petals has been observed most frequently in the following cases; some, perhaps, were cases merely of virescence, q. v.; see also under Chloranthy, Prolification.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. Masters
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