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Meaning of "contabescent" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONTABESCENT

contabescent  [ˌkɒntəˈbɛs ənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTABESCENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Contabescent is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CONTABESCENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of contabescent in the English dictionary

The definition of contabescent in the dictionary is unable to produce pollen. Other definition of contabescent is characterized by decay.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONTABESCENT


connascent
kəˈneɪs ənt
conservant
kənˈsɜːv ənt
constringent
kənˈstrɪndʒ ənt
corrodent
kəˈrəʊd ənt
energy-efficient
ˌɛnədʒɪɪˈfɪʃ ənt
equipotent
ˌiːkwɪˈpəʊt ənt
erodent
iːˈrəʊd ənt
frondescent
frɒnˈdɛs ənt
fuel-efficient
ˌfjuːəlɪˈfɪʃ ənt
statement
ˈsteɪtmənt
student
ˈstjuːdənt
subsequent
ˈsʌbsɪkwənt
talent
ˈtælənt
torrent
ˈtɒrənt
tournament
ˈtʊənəmənt
transparent
trænsˈpærənt
treatment
ˈtriːtmənt
Vincent
ˈvɪnsənt
wasn´t
ˈwɒzənt
wouldn´t
ˈwʊdənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTABESCENT

contabescence
contact
contact address
contact breaker
contact cement
contact centre
contact details
contact flight
contact high
contact insecticide
contact lens
contact magazine
contact man
contact number
contact print
contact sport
contactable
contactee
contactless
contactor

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTABESCENT

adolescent
ascent
chemiluminescent
crescent
descent
effervescent
fluorescent
incandescent
iridescent
line of descent
luminescent
nascent
photoluminescent
prepubescent
quiescent
recent
Red Crescent
reminiscent
scent
senescent
the crescent

Synonyms and antonyms of contabescent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «contabescent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONTABESCENT

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Translator English - Chinese

contabescent
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contabescentes
570 millions of speakers

English

contabescent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

contabescent
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

contabescent
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

contabescent
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contabescent
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

contabescent
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contabescent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Contabescent
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

contabescent
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

contabescent
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

contabescent
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Contabescent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

contabescent
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

contabescent
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

असह्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

contabescent
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contabescent
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

contabescent
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

contabescent
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

contabescent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

contabescent
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

contabescent
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

contabescent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

contabescent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of contabescent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTABESCENT»

The term «contabescent» is used very little and occupies the 154.798 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTABESCENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about contabescent

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTABESCENT»

Discover the use of contabescent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to contabescent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species
The anthers in some of the flowers were contabescent. One plant was remarkable from all the longer stamens in every flower and from many of the shorter ones having their anthers in this condition. The pollen of four other plants, in which ...
Charles Darwin, 2010
2
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication
The affection cannot be cured by any change of treatment, and is propagated by layers, cuttings, &c, and perhaps even by seed. In contabescent plants the female organs are seldom affected, or merely become precocious in their development ...
Charles Darwin, 2010
3
The journal of the Linnean Society of London
The anthers in some of the flowers were contabescent. One plant was remarkable from all the longer stamens in every flower and from many of the shorter stamens having their anthers in this condition. The pollen of four other plants, in which ...
Linnean Society (London), 1869
4
Charles Darwin's Natural Selection: Being the Second Part of ...
Moreover many endemic plants are contabescent, which seems equally incompatible with the above view. One potent cause of contabescence probably is a tendency to become dioicous, as indicated by Gaertner in the case of Silene; & that ...
Charles Darwin, R. C. Stauffer, 1987
5
Charles Darwin's Collection (18 Books):
plants becoming contabescent in our gardens seems, at first sight, equally incompatible with this view; but Kolreuter believes that this is the result oftheir transplantation.The contabescent plants of Dianthus and Verbascum, foundwildby ...
Charles Darwin, 2013
6
Treasure Your Exceptions: The Science and Life of William ...
The comparison, for example, which he instituted between the sterility of ' contabescent' anthers and that of hybrids no longer holds, for at least in those cases in which the nature of contabescent anthers have been genetically investigated ...
Alan Cock, Donald R. Forsdyke, 2008
7
Problems of Genetics
The comparison, for example, which he instituted5 between the sterility of “ contabescent ” anthers and that of hybrids no longer holds, for at least in those cases in which the nature of contabescent anthers have been genetically investigated ...
William Bateson, 2012
8
The Indian Cotton Growing Review
The shedding of cotton flowers caused by contabescent anthers produced during periods of very high atmospheric temperature in South Arcot district [Balasu- bramanian and Rangaswami (1948)] was solved by shifting the planting date from ...
Indian Central Cotton Committee, 1951
9
Publications
In one flower all the anthers were contabescent excepting two, which appeared to the naked eye sound; but under the microscope about two thirds of the pollen grains were seen to be small and shrivelled. In another plant, in which all the ...
Harley Harris Bartlett, 1915
10
American Journal of Botany
In one flower all the anthers were contabescent excepting two, which appeared to the naked eye sound; but under the microscope about two thirds of the pollen grains were seen to be small and shrivelled. In another plant, in which all the ...

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