flavescence

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/fləˈvɛsəns/

noun

A phytoplasma disease of grapevines.

OriginLatin flavescens →
Scrabble 21
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Meanings

nounflavescence (usually uncountable, plural flavescences)

plural flavescences

  1. uncountableusuallyA phytoplasma disease of grapevines.
  2. uncountableusuallyThe act of becoming yellow; yellowing.
  3. uncountableusuallyYellowishness.

Origin

  1. Latinflavescens
  2. Englishflavescence

From Latin flavescens, present active participle of flāvēscō (“to become yellow”). By surface analysis, Latin flāv(us) + -escence.

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APA

flavescence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flavescence

MLA

“flavescence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flavescence. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flavescence,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flavescence.

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