[See next and -ENCE.] a. Bot. Regular or abnormal development of a green color in leaves or flowers. b. Greenness.
1824. R. Fitz-Eustace, Brides of Florence, II. ii.
| The old and gnarled oak, that hath been struck | |
| With heav’n’s blasting bolt, will not e’er again | |
| Burst forth in gay virescence. |
1888. Cassell’s Encycl. Dict.
1904. R. J. Farrer, Garden Asia, 167. The fields, whose wealth of virescence glimmers ghostly.
