How often is the flower of human life marcescent, tenacious of its old estate when the blooming-time is past.
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Marcescent
Synonyms for "marcescent" (26 found)
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French
1 entries- marcescent adj (botany)
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“But,” she answered, “granting that Mon Cul is a remarkable creature, that he is the elder statesman among monkeys, that his marcescent eyelids have opened upon sights and splendors about which the most romantic among us only dream,[…]”
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