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   virescent

   /vɪˈrɛsnt/

   adjective

   • 1. greenish: literary "a trembling virescent light"

   Word Origin early 19th century: from Latin virescent- ‘turning green’, inceptive of virere ‘be green’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. virescence noun
   • 2. virescently adverb

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • V

     4

   • I

     1

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • S

     1

   • C

     3

   • E

     1

   • N

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   • T

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