nigrescence

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ni·gres·cence

N0106200 (nī-grĕs′əns)n.1. The process of becoming black or dark.2. Blackness or darkness, as of complexion.
[From nigrescent, blackish, from Latin nigrēscēns, nigrēscent-, present participle of nigrēscere, to become black, from niger, nigr-, black; see nekw-t- in Indo-European roots.]
ni·gres′cent adj.

nigrescence

the process of becoming black; blackness, as of the skin. — nigrescent, adj.See also: Blackening and Blackness