putrescible

comparative more putrescible · superlative most putrescible

1. Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable.

   For waste that is putrescible or may be infectious, on-site incineration is ideal.

   1995, “Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Disposing of Chemicals”, in U.S, National Research Council, page 158

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   The burying of wood in water, which dissolves out or alters its putrescible constituents, has long been practised as a means of seasoning.

   1911, “Dry Rot”, in Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition

   Some of the storefronts that sell dried clams and sea urchins and putrescible vegetables give it a kind of squalid character.”

   2007 April 24, James Barron, “Museum Plans to Move to Its Symbolic Home, ‘Littler Italy’”, in New York Times