mar·ces·cent 
(mär-sĕsənt)
(mär-sĕsənt)adj.
Botany Withering but not falling off: marcescent leaves.
[Latin marcēscēns, marcēscent-, past participle of marcēscere, inchoative of marcēre, to wither.]
- paraben
- parabiosis
- parabiotic
- parabiotically
- parablast
- parablastic
- parable
- parabola
- parabolic
- parabolical
- parabolically
- parabolic antenna
- parabolic mirror
- paraboloid
- paraboloidal
- Paracelsus
- paracetamol
- parachute
- parachute dome
- parachuter
- parachute spinnaker
- parachutic
- parachutist
- Paraclete
- paracrine