'Putrescent' definitions:
Definition of 'putrescent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Becoming putrid; "a trail lined by putrescent carcasses"
Definition of 'Putrescent'
From: GCIDE
- Putrescent \Pu*tres"cent\, a. [L. putrescens, p. pr.of putrescere to grow rotten, v. incho. fr. putrere to be rotten. See Putrid.]
- 1. Becoming putrid or rotten. [1913 Webster]
- Externally powerful, although putrescent at the core. --Motley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Of or pertaining to the process of putrefaction; as, a putrescent smell. [1913 Webster]