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Virescence

Vi-res′cence

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(Bot.)
The act or state of becoming green through the formation of chlorophyll.

Definition 2024


virescence

virescence

English

Noun

virescence (plural virescences)

  1. (biology) The abnormal development of green pigmentation in plants normally not green, like flowers and shoots. Symptom may be characteristic of phytoplasma infection in plants.