MARCESCENT


Meaning of MARCESCENT in English

— marcescence , n.

/mahr ses"euhnt/ , adj. Bot.

withering but not falling off, as a part of a plant.

[ 1720-30; marcescent-, s. of marcescens (prp. of marcescere to wither, shrivel), equiv. to marc ( ere ) to wither + -escent- -ESCENT ]

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