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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VIRESCENCE

See virescent.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VIRESCENCE

virescence  [vɪˈrɛsəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VIRESCENCE

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adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Virescence is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VIRESCENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Virescence

Virescence is the abnormal development of green pigmentation in plant parts that are not normally green, like shoots or flowers. Virescence is closely associated with phyllody and witch's broom. They are often symptoms of the same disease affecting the plants, typically those caused by phytoplasmas. The term chloranthy is also sometimes used for floral virescence, though it is more commonly used for phyllody. The term was coined around 1825, from Latin virescere, "to become green". In the English language the term virescent may also refer to greenness.

Definition of virescence in the English dictionary

The definition of virescence in the dictionary is the process of becoming green, esp by the action of disease, etc, in parts not normally green. Other definition of virescence is the condition of being or the process of becoming green.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VIRESCENCE


accrescence
əˈkrɛsəns
adolescence
ˌædəˈlɛsəns
adularescence
əˌdjʊləˈrɛsəns
arborescence
ˌɑːbəˈrɛsəns
calorescence
ˌkæləˈrɛsəns
concrescence
kənˈkrɛsəns
decrescence
dɪˈkrɛsəns
efflorescence
ˌɛflɔːˈrɛsəns
electroluminescence
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˌluːmɪˈnɛsəns
essence
ˈɛsəns
excrescence
ɪkˈskrɛsəns
florescence
flɔːˈrɛsəns
fluorescence
ˌflʊəˈrɛsəns
immunofluorescence
ˌɪmjʊnəʊflʊəˈrɛsəns
inflorescence
ˌɪnflɔːˈrɛsəns
luminescence
ˌluːmɪˈnɛsəns
phosphorescence
ˌfɒsfəˈrɛsəns
quintessence
kwɪnˈtɛsəns
vaporescence
ˌveɪpəˈrɛsəns
vitrescence
vɪˈtrɛsəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VIRESCENCE

vire
virelay
virement
viremia
viremic
Viren
virent
vireo
vireonine
vires
virescent
viretot
virga
virgate
virge
virger
Virgil
Virgilian
virgin
virgin birth

WORDS THAT END LIKE VIRESCENCE

at your convenience
car licence
chemiluminescence
coalescence
concupiscence
dehiscence
driving licence
effervescence
evanescence
gaming licence
innocence
licence
magnificence
obsolescence
photoluminescence
provisional driving licence
reminiscence
renascence
road-fund licence
senescence
translucence

Synonyms and antonyms of virescence in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «virescence» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VIRESCENCE

Find out the translation of virescence to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of virescence from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «virescence» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

绿化
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

virescence
570 millions of speakers

English

virescence
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

virescence
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فيريسسينسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

virescence
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

virescence
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শ্যামলিমা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

virescence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Virescence
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

virescence
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

緑色変化
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

virescence
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Virescence
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

virescence
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

virescence
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वायरीसेन्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

virescence
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

virescence
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

virescence
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

virescence
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

virescence
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

virescence
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

virescence
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

virescence
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

virescence
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of virescence

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VIRESCENCE»

The term «virescence» is normally little used and occupies the 132.721 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VIRESCENCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «virescence» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «virescence» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VIRESCENCE»

Discover the use of virescence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to virescence and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Plant Diseases and Vectors: Ecology and Epidemiology
describe Aquilegia virescence, in his “Monstruorum Historia” published in 1642. White clover phyllody was observed in Great Britain as early as the 17th century by Merrett (1666), quoted by Carr and Large (1963). Later, Augustin Pyrame de ...
Karl Maramorosch, 2012
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Prokaryotes
Floral symptoms often consist of virescence or petal greening; phyllody, in which petals and sepals become leaflike; eventual cessation of flower production. Witches'-brooms often develop, either through the production of vegetative shoots ...
Elsevier Science, 1996
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Plant Pathology
More than 80 plant diseases, grafts or insect trammissible with characteristic symptoms such as abnormalities in floral and vegetative parts (virescence and phyllody), yellowing, proliferation of axillary buds, reduction in leaf lamina, general ...
R. S. Mehrotra, 2003
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Seeds Handbook: Processing And Storage
A single recessive gene controls male sterility and virescence in 81 A. The close association between virescence and male sterility suggested that either close linkage or pleiotropy was involved. Allelic tests indicated that virescence in 81 A is ...
Babasaheb B. Desai, 2004
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Issues in Life Sciences: Acarology, Arachnology, and ...
(2010 OCT 12) United States Department of Agriculture, Wapato: Incidence of the beet leafhopper-transmitted virescence agent phytoplasma in local populations of the beet leafhopper, Circulifer tenellus, in Washington State Fresh data on ...
‎2012
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Diseases of Fruits and Vegetables: Diagnosis and Management
Eastern aster yellows I-A Chlorosis, virescence. Clark. 1998 phyllody Western aster yellows I-B Chlorosis, virescence. Clark. ... older leaves 1998 purple or bronze pigmented flower abortion Mexican periwinkle XIII-B Plant stunted; virescence; ...
S.A.M.H. Naqvi, 2004
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Bean Production Problems in the Tropics
Virescence. In Zagora and Morocco, Cousin et al. (1970) identified mycoplasma- like corpuscles in the cortical parenchyma of beans exhibiting symptoms of virescence. However, they did not furnish economical or pathological data concerning ...
Howard F. Schwartz, Marcial A. Pastor Corrales, 1989
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Potato in Progress: Science Meets Practice
Purple. top. disease. and. beet. leafhopper. transmitted. virescence. agent. ( BLTVA). phytoplasma. in. potatoes. of. the. Pacific. Northwest. of. the. United. States. J.E. Munyaneza USDA-ARS Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, 5230 ...
A. J. Haverkort, Paul Christiaan Struik, 2005
9
Integrated Pest Management for Potatoes in the Western ...
Virescence,. Aster. Yellows,. and. Witches'. Broom. Phytoplasmas. the phytoplasmas that affect potatoes are transmitted by leafhopper vectors and infect a wide range of plants. Until recently no specific controls were necessary for phytoplasma ...
LARRY STRAND, 2006
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Phytobacteriology: Principles and Practice
... yellow dwarf group (16SrXI) "Candidatus Phytoplasma oryzae" Stolbur group ( 16SrXII) "Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense" (Australian grapevine yellows) Mexican periwinkle virescence group (16SrXIII) Bermuda grass white leaf group  ...
J. D. Janse, 2006

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VIRESCENCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term virescence is used in the context of the following news items.
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Brazilian lime exports continue apace
... production could have problems, due to the reduced flowering, a result of the hurricanes in September 2013, and the effects that virescence has had on crops. «FreshPlaza, Apr 14»
2
Jesus Calling
So much fish, so much quivering blue and lavender and virescence. They were rich! His men laughing and resting against the rounded planks of the bow, Simon ... «Huffington Post, Mar 14»
3
Beijing to Embrace Leisure and Ecological Greenways
Building greenways is a major effort to enable people to slow down and enjoy life", according to Yang Zhihua, chief of the virescence department of the Beijing ... «CRIENGLISH.com, Jul 13»
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The only one Energy-saving and Ecological Business Park in …
... light and heat of solar energy, energy saving lighting with high efficiency, virescence on the roof and rain collection. After the operation of more than two years, ... «EastDay.com, Dec 09»

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