flavescent

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fla·ves·cent

F0174400 (flə-vĕs′ənt)adj. Turning yellow; yellowish.
[Latin flāvēscēns, flāvēscent-, present participle of flāvēscere, to turn yellow, inchoative of flāvēre, to be yellow, from flāvus, yellow; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]

flavescent

(fləˈvɛsənt) adj (Colours) turning yellow; yellowish[C19: from Latin flāvēscere to become yellow, from flāvēre to be yellow, from flāvus yellow]

fla•ves•cent

(fləˈvɛs ənt)

adj. turning yellow; yellowish. [1850–55; < Latin flāvēscent-, s. of flāvēscēns, present participle of flāvēscere to become yellow, derivative of flāvus yellow]