Meanings
adjectiveflavescent (comparative more flavescent, superlative most flavescent)
comparative more flavescent · superlative most flavescent
- yellowish in colour, or turning yellow
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Origin
- Latinflavescens
- Englishflavescent
19th century. From Latin flavescens. By surface analysis, Latin flāv(us) + -escent.
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Rhymes with flavescent
crescentfluorescentantidepressantincandescentconvalescentsuppressantiridescentincessantluminescentquiescentpubescentdepressanteffervescentopalescentpearlescentflorescentevanescentelectroluminescenttumescentphosphorescentessentprepubescentsenescentobsolescent
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APA
flavescent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flavescent
MLA
“flavescent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flavescent. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flavescent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flavescent.
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