PUTRESCENT

putrescent. Putrescent, a. growing rotten, corrupting

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Pu‐tres″cent (?), a. [[L. putrescens, p. pr.of putrescere to grow rotten, v. incho. fr. putrere to be rotten. See Putrid.]] 1. 1. Becoming putrid or rotten.
Externally powerful, although putrescent at the core. Motley. 2. 2. Of or pertaining to the process of putrefaction; as, a putrescent smell.