adjective
Turning yellow; yellowish.
Origin of flavescent
Latin flāvēscēns flāvēscent- present participle of flāvēscere to turn yellow inchoative of flāvēre to be yellow from flāvus yellow ; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.flavescent
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Adjective
(comparative more flavescent, superlative most flavescent)
- yellow-ish in colour, or turning yellow
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Origin
From Latin flavescens
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