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Definition of: contabescence

(kon′tə·besəns) noun Bot.
A condition in which the stamens and pollen are abortive: often in hybridized plants. [<L contabescens, -entis, ppr. of contabescere <com- thoroughly + tabes a wasting away, dwindling]
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ta·bes′cent adjective

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