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Virescent

//vɪˈɹɛs.ənt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Green-like, greenish.
  2. 2
    Becoming green.

Etymology

Circa 1825, from Latin virescens, present participle of virescere (“to become green”), from virere (“to be green”)

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