HyperDic: putrescent

English > 1 sense of the word putrescent:
ADJECTIVEallputrescentbecoming putrid
English > putrescent: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningBecoming putrid.
Example"a trail lined by putrescent carcasses"
BroaderstaleLacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age
Nounsputrescencethe quality of rotting and becoming putrid
putrescencein a state of progressive putrefaction

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