flavescence

noun

fla·​ves·​cence

-ˈvesᵊn(t)s

plural -s

: a yellowing or blanching of normally green plant parts that accompanies peach yellows, mosaic mottling, and certain other virus diseases and is due to diminution of chlorophyll

Word History

Etymology

from flavescent, after such pairs as English abstinent: abstinence

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Rhymes for flavescence

• excrescence
• fluorescence
• quiescence
• quintessence
• senescence
• acquiescence
• adolescence
• coalescence
• convalescence
• effervescence
• efflorescence
• evanescence