marcescent
英 [mɑː'ses(ə)nt]
美[mɑr'sɛsnt]
- n. 凋而不落的植物
- adj. 凋而不落的
英文词源
- marcescent (adj.)
- "withering," 1727, from Latin marcescentem (nominative marcescens), present participle of marcescere "to wither, languish, droop, decay, pine away," inchoative of marcere "to wither, droop, be faint," from PIE root *merk- "to decay."