flavescence
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin flavescens, present active participle of flāvēscō (“I become yellow”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editflavescence (usually uncountable, plural flavescences)
- A phytoplasma disease of grapevines.
- The act of becoming yellow; yellowing.
- Yellowishness.
Coordinate terms
edit- albescence (“becoming white”), cerulescence (“becoming blue”), erubescence (“becoming red”), nigrescence (“becoming black”), virescence (“becoming green”)