| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fla·ves·cent |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  fl -v s nt |
| ADJECTIVE: | Turning yellow; yellowish. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin fl v scns, flvscent-, present participle of flvscere, to turn yellow, inchoative of flvre, to be yellow, from flvus, yellow. See bhel-1 in Appendix I.
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