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Virescent

Virescent \Vi*res"cent\, a. [L. virescens, p. pr. of virescere to grow green, verb incho. fr. virere to be green.] Beginning to be green; slightly green; greenish.

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virescent

a. 1 green-like, greenish. 2 Becoming green.

Usage examples of "virescent".

It made her immense eyes appear to be almost green, virescent, like the emeralds themselves.

It was an elongated steel tube that quivered in a pool of virescent light that pulsed within a great round chamber, here at the core of the cave.