adjective
Origin: L putrescens, prp. of putrescere, to become putrid, inchoative of putrere < puter, putris, rotten: see pus
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adjective
Origin:
Origin: Latin putrēscēns, putrēscent-
Origin: , present participle of putrēscere, to rot, inchoative of putrēre, to be rotten
Origin: , from puter, putr-, rotten; see pū̆- in Indo-European roots
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