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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deliquescent \Del`i*ques"cent\, a. [L. deliquescens, -entis, p. pr of deliquescere: cf F. d['e]liquescent.] 1. Dissolving; liquefying by contact with the air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and becoming liquid; as deliquescent salts. 2. (Bot.) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees. --Gray. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deliquescent adj : (especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air
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