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flavescent

fla·ves·cent
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [fluh-ves-uh nt]
    • /fləˈvɛs ənt/
    • /flˈeɪvsənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fluh-ves-uh nt]
    • /fləˈvɛs ənt/

Definitions of flavescent word

  • adjective flavescent turning yellow; yellowish. 1
  • adjective flavescent turning yellow; yellowish 0
  • adjective flavescent yellow-ish in colour, or turning yellow. 0

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Origin of flavescent

First appearance:

before 1850
One of the 32% newest English words
1850-55; < Latin flāvescent-, stem of flāvescēns, present participle of flāvescere “to become yellow.” See flav-, -esce, -ent

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Parts of speech for Flavescent

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

flavescent popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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