Viridescent
/ˌvɪɹəˈdɛs(ə)nt/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having a greenish hue; becoming somewhat green in color.
"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."
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More examples"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."
Etymology
C 1850 from Late Latin viridescens, present participle of viridescere; see virescent.