Definition of Intumescences

1. Noun. (plural of intumescence) ¹

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Definition of Intumescences

1. intumescence [n] - See also: intumescence

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intumescences

intuitionistically
intuitionists
intuitionless
intuitions
intuitive
intuitive feeling
intuitive stage
intuitively
intuitiveness
intuitivenesses
intuitivism
intuits
intumesce
intumesced
intumescence
intumescences (current term)
intumescency
intumescent
intumescent cataract
intumescentia
intumescentia cervicalis
intumescentia ganglioformis
intumescentia lumbalis
intumescentia tympanica
intumesces
intumescing
intumulated
intune
intuned
intunes

Literary usage of Intumescences

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"In a few days intumescences were formed in great numbers, so that a large part of the plant was literally covered with them. This suggested that the potato ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1901)
"The experiments were designed to test the effects of moisture and light in inducing the formation of the intumescences, but they also served to show the ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"In a moist atmosphere, bright sunlight, and a high temperature, large numbers of intumescences were formed in two or three days. The most striking results ..."

4. Diseases of Cultivated Plants and Trees by George Massee (1915)
"intumescences AND WARTS These structures frequently occur on the surface of leaves or on young shoots, and may be due to the work of mites or insects; ..."

5. Manual of Plant Diseases by Paul Sorauer, Gustav Lindau, Ludwig Reh, Frances Dorrance (1922)
"intumescences. The knot-like or pustule-like distensions of the tissue ... However, as yet, the observation of intumescences on blossoms and fruits has been ..."

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