ru·bes·cent (r -b s  nt)adj. Turning red; reddening. [Latin rub  scns, rubscent-, present participle of rubscere, to grow red, inchoative of rubre, to be red; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.]ru·bes cence n. |
rubescent [ruːˈbɛsənt]
adj
Literary reddening; blushing
[from Latin rubescere to grow red, from ruber red]
rubescence n
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