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virescence en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /vɪˈrɛsəns/
  • /vaɪˈrɛsəns/

Etymology

Late 19th century. From Latin virescens, present participle of virescō. By surface analysis, Latin vir(ere) + -escence.

Meanings

  1. (countable, no-gloss, uncountable) [no gloss]
  2. (uncountable, usually) The quality or state of being virescent. ▸ Greenness or greenishness.
  3. (uncountable, usually) The quality or state of being virescent. ▸ Greenness or greenishness. ▸ Verdantness.
  4. (uncountable, usually) The quality or state of being virescent. ▸ Greenening: the quality or state of becoming greener.
  5. (uncountable, usually) The quality or state of being virescent. ▸ The abnormal development of green pigmentation in plants that are not normally green, like flowers and shoots. It may indicate phytoplasma infection.

Forms

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Coordinates

flavescence · erubescence · cerulescence · nigrescence · albescence

Synonyms

viridescence · viridity · viridity · viridescence · viridescence