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glaucescence

UK/ɡlɔːˈsɛ.səns/US/ɡlɑˈkɛ.səns/

glaucescence noun: the quality of being glaucescent, the state of being a bluish-green color.

Noun

glaucescence (countable and uncountable, plural glaucescences)

  1. The quality of being glaucescent, the state of being a bluish-green color.

Forms of glaucescence

pluralglaucescences

Origin of glaucescence

By surface analysis, glaucescent + -ence, though Merriam-Webster presumes a New Latin *glaucēscentia, from New Latin glaucēscēns (“glaucescent”). However, the Missouri Botanical Garden's A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin holds no examples attesting this, instead attesting Latin glaucēdō. By surface analysis, Latin glauc(us) + -escence.

Questions about glaucescence

What does glaucescence mean?
Glaucescence means the quality of being glaucescent, the state of being a bluish-green color.
What part of speech is glaucescence?
Glaucescence is a noun.
How do you pronounce glaucescence?
Glaucescence is pronounced /ɡlɔːˈsɛ.səns/ (UK).
What is the plural of glaucescence?
The plural of glaucescence is glaucescences.

Words near glaucescence in the dictionary

  1. Glauber's salts
  2. glauberite
  3. Glaubers
  4. glaucarubin
  5. Glauce
  6. glaucescence
  7. glaucescent
  8. glaucic acid
  9. glaucid
  10. glaucids
  11. glaucin

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