virescent
Americanadjective
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turning green.
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tending to a green color; slightly greenish.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of virescent
1820–30; < Latin virēscent- (stem of virēscēns, present participle of virēscere to become green), equivalent to vir ( ēre ) to be green + -ēscent- -escent
Example Sentences
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She is also interested in the virescent group, where the outer petals are almost entirely covered by distinct dark green areas.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2021
Having already sacrificed precious time scouting a Bird Cherry tree “as white as a bride,” Tarkovsky is infuriated when the crew is caught planting a virescent mismatch.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2012
Schlechtendal, in describing a flower of Colchicum autumnale, in which the perianth was virescent, says that, although the stamens were present, the pistil was absent.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
Out into the glare of the great flame they issued warily, out into the strangely glowing mist that covered the incredible village as with a virescent pall.
From Darkness and Dawn by England, George Allan
The several floral parts are here, some virescent, others truly foliaceous, and each whorl is separated from its neighbour by a rather long internode.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
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