putrescent
Pronunciations
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/pjuˈtɹɛsənt/
Adjective
Becoming putrid; putrefying.
- Examples
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When it is combined with that quantity of water with which it is found united in the gall-bladder, it is not more putrescent than the serum of the blood
More examples (2)
This same reason accounts to a considerable extent for the fact, that soft steeping liquor, if seldom changed, becomes much more putrescent than hard water retained with the same barleys for a similar period in cistern.
although in some instances these spores are elliptical and smooth, they are often coarsely warted and angular. The group in itself seems to be a very natural one, for the species are all soft and fleshy, and even more putrescent than
Adjective
becoming putrid
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a trail lined by putrescent carcasses
Word forms
more putrescentmost putrescent