rufescence
ru·fes·cent
(ro͞o-fĕs′ənt)
[Latin
rūfēscēns, rūfēscent-, present participle of
rūfēscere,
to become red, from
rūfus,
red, reddish; see
reudh- in
Indo-European roots.]
ru·fes′cence n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
rufescence
1. the tendency to turn red or reddish.
2. reddishness. — rufescent, adj.
See also: Color-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
References in periodicals archive
Simultaneous comparison of methods for settlement and metamorphosis induction in the red abalone (Haliotis rufescence).
Regulation of receptor mediated settlement and metamorphosis in larvae of a gastropod mollusk (Haliotis rufescence).
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