deliquescent
Meanings
adj
- Seeming to melt away.
- Absorbing moisture from the air and forming a solution.
- Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.
- Becoming liquid as a phase of its life cycle.
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Etymology
Latin deliquescens, present participle of deliquesco; de + liquesco (“to melt”): compare French déliquescent. By surface analysis, deliquesce + -ent
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