Etymology

flavescent

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Today it means: yellowish in colour, or turning yellow Full definition →

Latin flavescens
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  1. Latin · derived fromflavescens
  2. English todayflavescent

19th century. From Latin flavescens. By surface analysis, Latin flāv(us) + -escent.

Words from the same roots

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flavescence

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