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Definition of Senescent
1. Adjective. Growing old.
Definition of Senescent
1. a. Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time.
Definition of Senescent
1. Adjective. Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time. ¹
2. Adjective. characteristic of old age ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Senescent
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Senescent
1. Growing old. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Senescent
Literary usage of Senescent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Stages in the Development of Sium Cicutaefolium by George Harrison Shull (1905)
"borne only the closing members of the senescent series of leaf-forms (fig.
3), were rejuvenated as a result of the submergence and made to begin a new ..."
2. Stages in the Development of Sium Cicutaefolium by George Harrison Shull (1905)
"borne only the closing members of the senescent series of leaf-forms (fig.
3), were rejuvenated as a result of the submergence and made to begin a new ..."
3. Vertebrate Zoölogy by Horatio Hackett Newman (1920)
"A tailless condition is very common in highly specialized races with prolonged
developmental period. GENERALIZED, SPECIALIZED, senescent, AND RETARDED ..."
4. Vertebrate Zoölogy by Horatio Hackett Newman (1920)
"A tailless condition is very common in highly specialized races with prolonged
developmental period. GENERALIZED, SPECIALIZED, senescent, AND RETARDED ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1905)
"senescent CHARACTERS. Characters showing typical senescence are frequent among
... The simplest of these senescent characters is the loss of ornamentation. ..."
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