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English
Etymology
C 1850 from Late Latin viridescens, present participle of viridescere; see virescent.
Pronunciation
Adjective
viridescent (comparative more viridescent, superlative most viridescent)
- Having a greenish hue; becoming somewhat green in color.
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, American Society of Naturalists, page 1084: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.
Derived terms
Latin
Verb
viridēscent
- third-person plural future active indicative of viridēscō