viridescent

Definition

Having a greenish hue; becoming somewhat green in color.

Etymology

C 1850 from Late Latin viridescens, present participle of viridescere; see virescent.

Example Sentences

• "In from two to three years the newt changes its red for a viridescent coloration, returns to the water, loses its ciliated and regains a stratified non-ciliated oral epithelium, and reassumes a partial aquatic respiration, and during the remainder of its life is properly an aquatic form."