pallescent

== English == === Etymology === From (the present participle stem of) Latin pallēscere (“to become pale”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛsənt === Adjective === pallescent (comparative more pallescent, superlative most pallescent) (now chiefly botany, zoology) Growing or becoming pale. [from 17th c.] == Latin == === Verb === pallēscent third-person plural future active indicative of pallēscō