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PUTRESCENT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
a trail lined by putrescent carcasses
Classified under:
Similar:
stale (lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age)
Derivation:
putrescence (the quality of rotting and becoming putrid)
putrescence (in a state of progressive putrefaction)