contabescent
English
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editcontabescent (comparative more contabescent, superlative most contabescent)
- Wasting away gradually.
- 1868, Charles Darwin, The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:
- The contabescent plants of Dianthus and Verbascum, found wild by Wiegmann, grew on a dry and sterile bank
Latin
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editcontābēscent