What does viridescent mean?
Viridescent means Green or greenish..
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/ˌvɪɹəˈdɛs(ə)nt/ · adjective
Green or greenish..
In from two to three years the newt changes its red for a viridescent coloration, returns to the water, loses its ciliated and regains a stratified non-ciliated oral epithelium, and reassumes a partial aquatic respiration, and during the remainder of its life is properly an aquatic form.
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Viridescent means Green or greenish..
Common synonyms include virescent, virid, greenish, greenly.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In from two to three years the newt changes its red for a viridescent coloration, returns to the water, loses its ciliated and regains a stratified non-ciliated oral epithelium, and reassumes a partial aquatic respiration, and during the remainder of its life is properly an aquatic form.
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