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Definition of: putrescent
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·tres′ənt) adjective
1. Becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
2. Pertaining to putrefaction. [<L putrescens, -entis, ppr. of putrescere grow rotten, inceptive of putrere. See PUTREFY.]
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