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virescent

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vi⋅res⋅cent

  [vahy-res-uhnt, vi-]
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–adjective
1. turning green.
2. tending to a green color; slightly greenish.
Origin:
1820–30; < L virēscent- (s. of virēscēns, prp. of virēscere to become green), equiv. to vir(ēre) to be green + -ēscent- -escent
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vi·res·cent   (və-rěs'ənt, vī-)   
adj.  

  1. Becoming green.

  2. Somewhat green; greenish.


[Latin virēscēns, virēscent-, present participle of virēscere, to become green, inchoative of virēre, to be green.]
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