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Sep. 22, 2016
flavescent\fluh-VES-uh nt\adjective
1. turning yellow; yellowish.
QuotesA few flavescent leaves, shed during delivery, fell to weaving
the carpet that would be finished by nightfall.
-- Patrick Chamoiseau, Chronicle of the Seven Sorrows, translated by
Linda Coverdale, 1999
Origin of flavescentFlavescent entered English in the mid-1800s. Its
immediate source is the Latin present participial stem flÄvescent-
âbecoming golden yellow, yellowâ from the verb flÄvescere âto
become golden yellow, yellow.â The verb derives from the adjective
flÄvus âgolden yellow, yellow.âMore From Dictionary.comSubmit a
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