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flavescence

noun
fla·​ves·​cence | \ -ˈvesᵊn(t)s\
plural -s

Definition of flavescence

: a yellowing or blanching of normally green plant parts that accompanies peach yellows, mosaic mottling, and certain other virus diseases and is due to diminution of chlorophyll

History and Etymology for flavescence

from flavescent, after such pairs as English abstinent: abstinence

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