Definition of viridescent in English:

viridescent

adjectiveˌvɪrɪˈdɛs(ə)ntˌvɪrəˈdɛs(ə)nt

literary

Greenish or becoming green.
viridescent vegetation
Example sentencesExamples
- Evoking images of viridescent dragon scales, the pointed, blue-green leaves create a compact, deer-proof assemblage that's infused with reddish purple tinges.
- Forging a symbiosis with the force that rules their world, some are viridescent, mimicking the foliage that surrounds them.
- Its body is albino and it has an intricate viridescent camouflage.
- New shoots of young grass come up green - a vivid viridescent I have seen nowhere in America or Europe.
- Meanwhile, beyond the village peripheries, the Welsh hills were getting greener and greener - that iridescent, viridescent green that looks so wonderful on sunny days.
Synonyms
green, leafy, grassy, grass-covered

Derivatives

viridescence

nounˌvɪrɪˈdɛs(ə)nsˌvɪrəˈdɛs(ə)ns

literary

The swill of rain water and leaves of lapsed viridescence swashed onto the lip of the pavement.
Example sentencesExamples
- They were cities of leaves./I would lie under them/and my eyes would rise/buoyed up and surfeited/in immense rustling viridescence.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from late Latin viridescent- 'becoming green', from the verb viridescere, from Latin viridis 'green'.

Rhymes

acquiescent, adolescent, albescent, Besant, coalescent, confessant, convalescent, crescent, depressant, effervescent, erubescent, evanescent, excrescent, flavescent, fluorescent, immunosuppressant, incandescent, incessant, iridescent, juvenescent, lactescent, liquescent, luminescent, nigrescent, obsolescent, opalescent, pearlescent, phosphorescent, pubescent, putrescent, quiescent, suppressant, turgescent, virescent

Definition of viridescent in US English:

viridescent

adjectiveˌvɪrəˈdɛs(ə)ntˌvirəˈdes(ə)nt

literary

Greenish or becoming green.
viridescent vegetation
Example sentencesExamples
- New shoots of young grass come up green - a vivid viridescent I have seen nowhere in America or Europe.
- Evoking images of viridescent dragon scales, the pointed, blue-green leaves create a compact, deer-proof assemblage that's infused with reddish purple tinges.
- Forging a symbiosis with the force that rules their world, some are viridescent, mimicking the foliage that surrounds them.
- Meanwhile, beyond the village peripheries, the Welsh hills were getting greener and greener - that iridescent, viridescent green that looks so wonderful on sunny days.
- Its body is albino and it has an intricate viridescent camouflage.
Synonyms
green, leafy, grassy, grass-covered

Origin

Mid 19th century: from late Latin viridescent- ‘becoming green’, from the verb viridescere, from Latin viridis ‘green’.

单词	viridescent
释义	Definition of viridescent in English: viridescent adjectiveˌvɪrɪˈdɛs(ə)ntˌvɪrəˈdɛs(ə)nt literary Greenish or becoming green. viridescent vegetation Example sentencesExamples Evoking images of viridescent dragon scales, the pointed, blue-green leaves create a compact, deer-proof assemblage that's infused with reddish purple tinges. Forging a symbiosis with the force that rules their world, some are viridescent, mimicking the foliage that surrounds them. Its body is albino and it has an intricate viridescent camouflage. New shoots of young grass come up green - a vivid viridescent I have seen nowhere in America or Europe. Meanwhile, beyond the village peripheries, the Welsh hills were getting greener and greener - that iridescent, viridescent green that looks so wonderful on sunny days. Synonyms green, leafy, grassy, grass-covered Derivatives viridescence nounˌvɪrɪˈdɛs(ə)nsˌvɪrəˈdɛs(ə)ns literary The swill of rain water and leaves of lapsed viridescence swashed onto the lip of the pavement. Example sentencesExamples They were cities of leaves./I would lie under them/and my eyes would rise/buoyed up and surfeited/in immense rustling viridescence. Origin Mid 19th century: from late Latin viridescent- 'becoming green', from the verb viridescere, from Latin viridis 'green'. Rhymes acquiescent, adolescent, albescent, Besant, coalescent, confessant, convalescent, crescent, depressant, effervescent, erubescent, evanescent, excrescent, flavescent, fluorescent, immunosuppressant, incandescent, incessant, iridescent, juvenescent, lactescent, liquescent, luminescent, nigrescent, obsolescent, opalescent, pearlescent, phosphorescent, pubescent, putrescent, quiescent, suppressant, turgescent, virescent Definition of viridescent in US English: viridescent adjectiveˌvɪrəˈdɛs(ə)ntˌvirəˈdes(ə)nt literary Greenish or becoming green. viridescent vegetation Example sentencesExamples New shoots of young grass come up green - a vivid viridescent I have seen nowhere in America or Europe. Evoking images of viridescent dragon scales, the pointed, blue-green leaves create a compact, deer-proof assemblage that's infused with reddish purple tinges. Forging a symbiosis with the force that rules their world, some are viridescent, mimicking the foliage that surrounds them. Meanwhile, beyond the village peripheries, the Welsh hills were getting greener and greener - that iridescent, viridescent green that looks so wonderful on sunny days. Its body is albino and it has an intricate viridescent camouflage. Synonyms green, leafy, grassy, grass-covered Origin Mid 19th century: from late Latin viridescent- ‘becoming green’, from the verb viridescere, from Latin viridis ‘green’.
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