virescentadj.
/vɪˈrɛsnt/, /vʌɪˈrɛsnt/, U.S. /vəˈrɛs(ə)nt/, /vaɪˈrɛs(ə)nt/ Greenish; turning or becoming green. Also figurative.
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1826 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 20 324 In the most flourishing and virescent condition of any pool, ditch, or otherwise in the empire.
1844 Fraser's Mag. 30 326/2 Virescent juvenility or green old age.
1881 T. Hardy Laodicean III. v. ii. 21 The summer..tipping every twig with a tiny sprout of virescent yellow.
1882 Garden 1 July 12/3 He also exhibited..some virescent flowers of Auricula.
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