rufescent
rufescent adjective: becoming reddish; tinged with red.
Adjective
rufescent (comparative more rufescent, superlative most rufescent)
- Becoming reddish; tinged with red.
- The more inland, lighter race is distinguished from A. u. uropygialis in being much paler on the back, by the edgings of the forehead scallopings and auriculars being paler, and by having the brown of the forehead less deep and less rufescent.1937, The Emu: Official Organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union
- Flesh unchanging or slowly rufescent.1972, Edred John Henry Corner, Boletus in Malaysia, page 42
rufescent meaning in Tamil and Urdu
rufescent in Tamil
- சற்றுச் சிவப்பான
rufescent in Urdu
- سرخ مائل
Forms of rufescent
| comparative | more rufescent |
|---|---|
| superlative | most rufescent |
Origin of rufescent
Circa 1820, from Latin rufescens, present participle of rufescere (“to become reddish”), from rufus (“red”).
Words that rhyme with rufescent
- crescent
- evanescent
- deliquescent
- fluorescent
- incandescent
- efflorescent
- quiescent
- senescent
- accrescent
- acquiescent
- arborescent
- circumcrescent
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- convalescent
- depressant
- effervescent
- erubescent
- excrescent
- iridescent
- juvenescent
- lapidescent
- pubescent
- recrudescent
- reflorescent
- spinescent
- tumescent
- virescent
- viridescent
- acaulescent
- adipescent
- adularescent
- adultescent
- adultolescent
- agonescent
- albescent
- alcalescent
- alkalescent
- antidepressant
- autofluorescent
- autoluminescent
- biofluorescent
- bioluminescent
- calescent
- candescent
- cathodoluminescent
- caulescent
- cerulescent
- cessant
- chemifluorescent
- chemiluminescent
- chemoluminescent
- cinerescent
- coalescent
- concrescent
- contabescent
- crystalloluminescent
- cytofluorescent
- decadescent
- decalescent
- defervescent
- delitescent
Questions about rufescent
- What does rufescent mean?
- Rufescent means becoming reddish; tinged with red.
- What is rufescent in Tamil?
- Rufescent in Tamil is சற்றுச் சிவப்பான. See Rufescent meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is rufescent?
- Rufescent is an adjective.
Words near rufescent in the dictionary
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