"virescence" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /vɪˈrɛsəns/, /vaɪˈrɛsəns/ Forms: virescences [plural]
Etymology: Late 19th century. From Latin virescens, present participle of virescō. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|virescens}} Latin virescens Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} virescence (countable and uncountable, plural virescences)
  1. The act of becoming green; greening. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms (becoming green): virescent Coordinate_terms (becoming green): albescence (english: becoming white), cerulescence (english: becoming blue), erubescence (english: becoming red), flavescence (english: becoming yellow), nigrescence (english: becoming black)
    Sense id: en-virescence-en-noun-dXKaPgcb Disambiguation of 'becoming green': 83 16 2 Disambiguation of 'becoming green': 83 16 2
  2. (biology) The abnormal development of green pigmentation in plants that are not normally green, like flowers and shoots. It may indicate phytoplasma infection. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-virescence-en-noun-APqt0yGX Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  3. Greenishness. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-virescence-en-noun-M1lAIwFX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -escence, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 19 78 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -escence: 8 18 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 15 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 14 82

Inflected forms

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