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English
Etymology
From alkali + -escent.
Pronunciation
Adjective
alkalescent (comparative more alkalescent, superlative most alkalescent)
- Slightly alkaline; having the properties of an alkali.
1775, William Cullen, “Mushrooms”, in Lectures on the Materia Medica, as Delivered by William Cullen, M.D. , Philadelphia, Pa.: Robert Bell, , →OCLC, page 68:Eſculent muſhrooms are very nutritive, very readily alcaleſcent, and more ſo without intermediate aceſcency than any other vegetable; […]
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