rubescent
adjective
ru·bes·cent
-ᵊnt
: growing or becoming red : erubescent, reddening, flushing
Word History
Etymology
Latin rubescent-, rubescens, present participle of rubescere to grow red, inchoative of rubēre to be red; akin to Latin ruber red
First Known Use
circa 1731, in the meaning defined above
- pseudoparenchymata
- pseudoparenchymatous
- pseudopelletierine
- pseudopercular
- pseudoperculate
- pseudoperculum
- pseudoperianth
- pseudoperidium
- pseudoperipteral
- Pseudopeziza
- pseudophloems
- pseudopionnotes
- pseudoplacenta
- pseudoplacental
- pseudoplankton
- pseudoplanktonic
- pseudoplasmodium
- pseudoplastic
- pseudoplasticity
- pseudopleuronecteses
- pseudopleuronectesses
- pseudopod
- pseudopodal
- pseudopodia
- pseudopodial