marcescent
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prettygoodwordmarcescent (mahr-SES-uhnt) - adj., (bot.) withered but still attached.
As in brown leaves that stay on the tree. Taken in the 1720s from Latin, the stem of marcēscēns, present participle of marcēscere, wither/shrivel.
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As in brown leaves that stay on the tree. Taken in the 1720s from Latin, the stem of marcēscēns, present participle of marcēscere, wither/shrivel.
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Date: 2019-11-25 05:02 pm (UTC)