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.
Externally powerful, although putrescent at the core.
Motley.
2.
Of or pertaining to the process of putrefaction; as, a putrescent smell.
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