marcescent
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mar·ces·cent
(mär-sĕs'ənt) 
adj.
Withering but not falling off, as a blossom that persists on a twig after flowering.
adj.
Withering but not falling off, as a blossom that persists on a twig after flowering.
[Latin marcēscēns, marcēscent-, past participle of marcēscere.]
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