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Putrescent

Putrescent Meaning & Definition
Putrescent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Putrescent?

[adj] becoming putrid; "a trail lined by putrescent carcasses"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Putrescent: rotten

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Putrescent In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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