Rufescent
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Rufescent is an adjective meaning Becoming reddish; tinged with red.
Meaning
Becoming reddish; tinged with red.
Example Sentences
Flesh unchanging or slowly rufescent.
Flesh white, but quickly rufescent where cut, at first full, becoming more spongy stuffed, and frequently hollow in old specimens, [...]
The more inland, lighter race is distinguished from A. u. uropygialis in being much paler on the back, by the edgings of the forehead scallopings and auriculars being paler, and by having the brown of the forehead less deep and less rufescent.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rubescent, florid, rosed, vulpinous, rubicund, vinescent.
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