glaucescence

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UK/ɡlɔːˈsɛ.səns/US/ɡlɑˈkɛ.səns/

noun

The quality of being glaucescent, the state of being a bluish-green color.

OriginNew Latin *glaucēscentia →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nounglaucescence (countable and uncountable, plural glaucescences)

plural glaucescences

  1. countableuncountablebiologyThe quality of being glaucescent, the state of being a bluish-green color.

Origin

  1. New Latinglaucēscēns“glaucescent”
  2. New Latin*glaucēscentia
  3. Englishglaucescence

By surface analysis, glaucescent + -ence, though Merriam-Webster presumes a New Latin *glaucēscentia, from New Latin glaucēscēns (“glaucescent”). However, the Missouri Botanical Garden's A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin holds no examples attesting this, instead attesting Latin glaucēdō. By surface analysis, Latin glauc(us) + -escence.

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Translations

Ancient Greek γλαυκότης
  • γλαυκότης (glaukótēs)state of being glaucous
French glaucescence
  • glaucescencestate of being glaucous
Latin glaucēdō
  • glaucēdōstate of being glaucous
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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