The Collaborative International Dictionary
Flavescent
Flavescent \Fla*ves"cent\, a. [L. flavescens, p. pr. of flavescere to turn yellow.] Turning yellow; yellowish.
Wiktionary
flavescent
a. yellow-ish in colour, or turning yellow
Usage examples of "flavescent".
Within minutes the miniature oasis was no more, a flavescent smudge of decay against the sickly, pallid earth.
They brought tidings and trade, their cargo was rich with barrels of pickled meats, fat flavescent cheeses, bales of cloth, sacks of flour and beans, casks of wines and spirits.