viridescent
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of viridescent
1840–50; < Late Latin viridēscent- (stem of viridēscēns, present participle of viridēscere to become green), equivalent to virid ( is ) virid + -ēscent- -escent
Example Sentences
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A gust of wind turned an avocado tree into a viridescent blur.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2025
Something described as viridescent is of which color?
From Slate ● Mar. 4, 2024
It would be very short, there would be no video and Mr. Valenzuela was not to reveal the location of the ranch, near land covered in viridescent avocado orchards.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
Let us take a ride, For truly, sir, thy life is incomplete ’Til viridescent ovum thou hast tried Together with a slice of glaucous meat!
From Washington Post ● May 16, 2019
The promontory on which Sorrento stands is barren enough, but southward rise pleasant cliffs viridescent with samphire, and beyond them purple hills dotted with white spots of houses.
From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Thomas Wright
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