Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vinescent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vi-nes-cent
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

changing to a wine-red colour.

Example Sentences

"7 July 1965, in humus in the forest, Gallego, 800 m altitude; to 10 cm high, fuscous cinnamon, clear cinnamon-ochraceous upwards to the cinnamon-orange or orange-ochraceous tips, tissue slowly vinescent on bruising; [...]"
"Vinescent or browning when bruised; fructifications up to 10 cm. high, [...]"
"...all parts easily weakly vinescent around soil particles."
"In one (Watling 14834) the colours were merely reported as such, while in the other (Walling 14806), the lavender colour was linked to handling or bruising of the specimen. From notes accompanying TENN 41224, this is a vinescent response, not a naturally occurring pigmentation."

Etymology

From Latin vinum + -escent.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: la:vinum

Derived Forms

vinescence

Frequently Paired Words

deliquescent

Questions

What does vinescent mean?: changing to a wine-red colour.
Where does vinescent come from?: From Latin vinum + -escent.

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