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viridescence

[vir-i-des-uhnt]

adjective

slightly green; greenish.

Origin:
1840–50; < Late Latin viridēscent- (stem of viridēscēns, present participle of viridēscere to become green), equivalent to virid(is) virid + -ēscent- -escent

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vir·i·des·cence, noun

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viridescent (ˌvɪrɪˈdɛs^ənt)

—*adj*
	greenish or tending to become green

[C19: from Late Latin viridescere to grow green, from Latin viridis green]

viri'descence

—n

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