Viridescent
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌvɪɹəˈdɛs(ə)nt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Viridescent is an adjective meaning Green or greenish.
Meaning
Green or greenish.
More Meanings
- Becoming green.
Example Sentences
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.
Synonyms for viridescent
Depending on context, synonyms include virescent, virid, greenish, greenly, greeny, verdant.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include virid, viridian, greeny, violescent, violascent, greenish.
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