Definitions for marcescent

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marcescent mar·ces·cent

Spelling: [mahr-ses-uh nt]

IPA: /mɑrˈsɛs ənt/

Marcescent is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 735 anagrams from letters in marcescent (acceemnrst).

Definitions for marcescent

adjective

1. withering but not falling off, as a part of a plant.

Origin of marcescent

1720-30; Latin marcēscent-, stem of marcēscēns (present participle of marcēscere to wither, shrivel), equivalent to marc(ēre) to wither + -ēscent- -escent