[del.i.ques.cent] adj [L deliquescent-, deliquescens, prp. of deliquescere] (1791) 1: tending to melt or dissolve; esp: tending to undergo gradual dissolution and liquefaction by the attraction and absorption of moisture from the air
2: having repeated division into branches "elms are ~ trees"--compare excurrent 2a -- del.i.ques.cence n