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Definition of: contabescence
(kon′tə·bes′əns) 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]
—con′ta·bes′cent adjective
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