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PUTRESCENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does putrescent mean?
• PUTRESCENT (adjective)
The adjective PUTRESCENT has 1 sense:
1. becoming putrid
Familiarity information: PUTRESCENT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Becoming putrid
Context example:
a trail lined by putrescent carcasses
Similar:
stale (lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age)
Derivation:
putrescence (the quality of rotting and becoming putrid)
putrescence (in a state of progressive putrefaction)
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