Putrescent

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Putrescent \Pu*tres"cent\, a. [L. putrescens, p. pr.of
     putrescere to grow rotten, v. incho. fr. putrere to be
     rotten. See {Putrid}.]
     1. Becoming putrid or rotten.
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              Externally powerful, although putrescent at the
              core.                                 --Motley.
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     2. Of or pertaining to the process of putrefaction; as, a
        putrescent smell.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  putrescent
       adj : becoming putrid; "a trail lined by putrescent carcasses"