adj. 1. Becoming putrid; putrefying. 2. Of or relating to putrefaction. [Latin putrēscēns, putrēscent-, present participle of putrēscere, to rot, inchoative of putrēre, to be rotten, from puter, putr-, rotten; see p- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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