marcescent adjective.
[mɑ:'sɛs(ǝ)nt] E18.[Latin marcescent- pres. ppl stem of marcescere inceptive of marcere wither, be faint: see -ESCENT.]Botany. Withering but not falling off.
■ marcescence noun marcescent condition
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