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putrescent


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Putrescent  \Pu*tres"cent\,  a.  [L.  putrescens,  p.  pr.of 
  putrescere  to  grow  rotten,  v.  incho.  fr  putrere  to  be 
  rotten.  See  {Putrid}.] 
  1.  Becoming  putrid  or  rotten. 
 
  Externally  powerful,  although  putrescent  at  the 
  core.  --Motley. 
 
  2.  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  process  of  putrefaction;  as  a 
  putrescent  smell. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  putrescent 
  adj  :  becoming  putrid;  "a  trail  lined  by  putrescent  carcasses" 




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