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hygrophanous

hygrophanous adjective: changing color as it dries out.

Adjective

hygrophanous (comparative more hygrophanous, superlative most hygrophanous)

  1. Changing color as it dries out.

Forms of hygrophanous

comparativemore hygrophanous
superlativemost hygrophanous

Origin of hygrophanous

From hygro- (“moistness”) + -phanous (“appearing”).

Questions about hygrophanous

What does hygrophanous mean?
Hygrophanous means changing color as it dries out.
What part of speech is hygrophanous?
Hygrophanous is an adjective.

Words near hygrophanous in the dictionary

  1. hygromiid
  2. hygromiids
  3. hygromycin
  4. hygromycine
  5. hygropetric
  6. hygrophanous
  7. hygrophil
  8. hygrophilous
  9. hygrophils
  10. hygrophobia
  11. hygrophobic

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