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virescence

/vɪˈrɛsəns/

virescence noun: greenness or greenishness.

Noun

virescence (usually uncountable, plural virescences)

  1. (usually) Greenness or greenishness.
  2. (usually) Verdantness.
  3. (usually) Greenening: the quality or state of becoming greener.
    Synonyms:
    viridescence
  4. (usually) The abnormal development of green pigmentation in plants that are not normally green, like flowers and shoots. It may indicate phytoplasma infection.

virescence meaning in Tamil and Kannada

virescence in Tamil

பசுமையாதல்

virescence in Kannada

virescence
ಪಚ್ಚೆ pacce

Synonyms of virescence

Forms of virescence

pluralvirescences

Origin of virescence

Late 19th century. From Latin virescens, present participle of virescō. By surface analysis, Latin vir(ere) + -escence.

Questions about virescence

What does virescence mean?
Virescence means greenness or greenishness.
What is virescence in Tamil?
Virescence in Tamil is பசுமையாதல். See Virescence meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is virescence?
Virescence is a noun.
How do you pronounce virescence?
Virescence is pronounced /vɪˈrɛsəns/.
What is the plural of virescence?
The plural of virescence is virescences.

Words near virescence in the dictionary

  1. vireonids
  2. vireonine
  3. vireoretinal
  4. vireos
  5. vires
  6. virescence
  7. virescences
  8. virescent
  9. virescently
  10. vireton
  11. viretons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: virescence (page history and authors); virescence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಪಚ್ಚೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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