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virescent
[ vahy-res-uhnt, vi- ]
adjective
- turning green.
- tending to a green color; slightly greenish.
virescent
/ vɪˈrɛsənt /
adjective
- greenish or becoming green
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Word History and Origins
Origin of virescent1
1820–30; < Latin virēscent- (stem of virēscēns, present participle of virēscere to become green), equivalent to vir ( ēre ) to be green + -ēscent- -escent
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Word History and Origins
Origin of virescent1
C19: from Latin virescere to grow green, from virēre to be green
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Example Sentences
Even the runners, sinuously encroaching upon the sidewalk, were deeply virescent.
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Some partially virescent honeysuckle flowers have a similar structure.
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