virent

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/ˈvɪɹənt/

adjective

green in color, or unwithered

OriginLatin virens →
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Meanings

adjectivevirent (comparative more virent, superlative most virent)

comparative more virent · superlative most virent

  1. obsoletegreen in color, or unwithered

    the roots of Canes, Bryony and other plants: for in these yet fresh and virent

    1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinvirens
  2. Englishvirent

From Latin virens, present participle of virere (“to be green”).

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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