Hypertext Webster Gateway: "putrescent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Externally powerful, although putrescent at the
core. --Motley.
2. Of or pertaining to the process of putrefaction; as, a
putrescent smell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
putrescent
adj : becoming putrid; "a trail lined by putrescent carcasses"
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