(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:46:48

Ru*bes"cent (?), a. [L. rubescens, -entis, p.pr. of rubescere to grow red, v. incho from rubere to be red: cf. F. rubescent. See Ruby.]

Growing or becoming red; tending to redness.

 

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