viridescent
/ˌvɪɹəˈdɛs(ə)nt/
viridescent adjective: green or greenish.
Adjective
viridescent (comparative more viridescent, superlative most viridescent)
- Green or greenish.
- Becoming green.
- In from two to three years the newt changes its red for a viridescent coloration, returns to the water, loses its ciliated and regains a stratified non-ciliated oral epithelium, and reassumes a partial aquatic respiration, and during the remainder of its life is properly an aquatic form.1891 December, Simon Henry Gage, “Life-History of the Vermilion-Spotted Newt (Diemyctylus viridescens Raf.)”, in The American Naturalist, volume 25, number 300, Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute...
- Synonyms:
- virescent
viridescent meaning in Tamil and Urdu
viridescent in Tamil
- பசுமை நிறமான
viridescent in Urdu
- قدرے سبز, سبزی مائل
Synonyms of viridescent
Forms of viridescent
| comparative | more viridescent |
|---|---|
| superlative | most viridescent |
Origin of viridescent
C 1850 from Late Latin viridescens, present participle of viridescere; see virescent.
Words formed from viridescent
Words that rhyme with viridescent
- 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
- 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 viridescent
- What does viridescent mean?
- Viridescent means green or greenish.
- What is viridescent in Tamil?
- Viridescent in Tamil is பசுமை நிறமான. See Viridescent meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is viridescent?
- Viridescent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce viridescent?
- Viridescent is pronounced /ˌvɪɹəˈdɛs(ə)nt/.
Words near viridescent in the dictionary
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