Marcescent Definition

mär-sĕsənt
adjective
Withering but not falling off.
Webster's New World

(botany, of an organ, such as a leaf or blossom; rarely also used figuratively) Withered, but still attached.

Wiktionary
(mycology) Able to revive when moistened.
Wiktionary

Origin of Marcescent

  • Latin marcēscēns marcēscent- past participle of marcēscere inchoative of marcēre to wither

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin marcescens, present participle of marcescere

    From Wiktionary

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