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flavescence

/fləˈvɛsəns/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
flaves-cence
IPA
/fləˈvɛsəns/
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phytoplasma disease of grapevines.

Uncountable

noun

The act of becoming yellow; yellowing.

Uncountable

noun

Yellowishness.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin flavescens, present active participle of flāvēscō (“to become yellow”). By surface analysis, Latin flāv(us) + -escence.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

flavescences (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

flavescent albescence cerulescence erubescence nigrescence virescence

Questions

How do you pronounce flavescence?
The recorded pronunciation is /fləˈvɛsəns/.
What does flavescence mean?
A phytoplasma disease of grapevines.
Where does flavescence come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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