English Explanatory Dictionary

glaucescence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality of being glaucescent, the state of being a bluish-green color.

Pronunciation

/ɡlɔːˈsɛ.səns/ /ɡlɑˈkɛ.səns/

Word forms

glaucescence glaucescences

Etymology

By surface analysis, glaucescent + -ence, though Merriam-Webster presumes a New Latin *glaucēscentia, from New Latin glaucēscēns (“glaucescent”). However, the Missouri Botanical Garden's A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin holds no examples attesting this, instead attesting Latin glaucēdō. By surface analysis, Latin glauc(us) + -escence.

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