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putrescible, a.|pjuːˈtrɛsɪb(ə)l|
[f. L. putrēsc-ĕre to grow rotten + -ible. Cf. F. putrescible (14th c. in Godef.), and putrible.]
Liable to rot or become putrid; subject to putrefaction.
1797Pearson in Phil. Trans. LXXXVIII. 28 It does not appear to be putrescible, nor form a viscid solution with water. 1815Millard Time's Telesc. (1825) 87 The white cabbage is the most putrescible. 1878Tyndall in 19th Century Mar. 505 The substances after having been super-heated remain putrescible, though they do not putrefy.
Hence putresciˈbility [cf. F. putrescibilité (Littré)], the quality of being putrescible.
1800Hatchett in Phil. Trans. XC. 393, I..suspect, that strong..muscular fibre..is not of easy putrescibility. 1881Tyndall Floating Matter Air 101 The putrescibility of pheasant..was exceeded by that of snipe, partridge, and plover. |