marcescent

From Latin marcescens, present participle of marcescere.

marcescent (not comparable)

1. (botany, of an organ, such as a leaf or blossom; rarely also used figuratively) Withered, but still attached.
   • a. 1893, Edith M. Thomas, The Undertime of the Year, published in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 72 (October 1893), page 452:

     How often is the flower of human life marcescent, tenacious of its old estate when the blooming-time is past.

   • 1990, Tom Robbins, Another Roadside Attraction, page 75:

     “But,” she answered, “granting that Mon Cul is a remarkable creature, that he is the elder statesman among monkeys, that his marcescent eyelids have opened upon sights and splendors about which the most romantic among us only dream, […] ”

2. (mycology) Able to revive when moistened.

• scarcement

From Latin marcēscēns (“wasting”).

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /məɾ.səˈsent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /mər.səˈsen/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /maɾ.seˈsent/

marcescent (masculine and feminine plural marcescents)

1. (botany) marcescent

• “marcescent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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marcescent (feminine marcescente, masculine plural marcescents, feminine plural marcescentes)

1. marcescent

• “marcescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

marcēscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of marcēscō

From French marcescent.

marcescent m or n (feminine singular marcescentă, masculine plural marcescenți, feminine and neuter plural marcescente)

1. marcescent