virescent
/vɪˈɹɛs.ənt/
virescent adjective: green or greenish.
Adjective
virescent (comparative more virescent, superlative most virescent)
- Green or greenish.
- Becoming green.
- Synonyms:
- viridescent
virescent meaning in Urdu and Kannada
virescent in Urdu
- دھانی, سبزی مائل
virescent in Kannada
- ಹಸುರು ಛಾಯೆಯ, ಹಸುರು ಬಣ್ಣಕ್ಕೆ ತಿರುಗುತ್ತಿರುವ
Synonyms of virescent
Forms of virescent
| comparative | more virescent |
|---|---|
| superlative | most virescent |
Origin of virescent
Circa 1825, from Latin virescens, present participle of virescere (“to become green”), from virēre (“to be green”). By surface analysis, Latin vir(ere) + -escent.
Words formed from virescent
Words that rhyme with virescent
- crescent
- evanescent
- deliquescent
- fluorescent
- incandescent
- efflorescent
- quiescent
- senescent
- accrescent
- acquiescent
- arborescent
- circumcrescent
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- convalescent
- depressant
- effervescent
- erubescent
- excrescent
- iridescent
- juvenescent
- lapidescent
- pubescent
- recrudescent
- reflorescent
- spinescent
- tumescent
- 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
- detumescent
Questions about virescent
- What does virescent mean?
- Virescent means green or greenish.
- What is virescent in Urdu?
- Virescent in Urdu is دھانی, سبزی مائل. See Virescent meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is virescent?
- Virescent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce virescent?
- Virescent is pronounced /vɪˈɹɛs.ənt/.
Words near virescent in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: virescent (page history and authors); virescent (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); virescent (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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