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glaucescent

[ glaw-ses-uhnt ]

adjective

, Botany.
  1. becoming glaucous; somewhat glaucous.


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Other Words From

  • glau·cescence noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of glaucescent1

First recorded in 1820–30; glauc- ( def ) + -escent

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Example Sentences

It has the same nodose and scaly root-stock, dark and polished stalk, glaucescent frond and mucronulate pinnules.

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