rare. [Cf. next.] The quality of being viridescent.
1839. Cheltenham Looker-on, 7 Dec., 13/1. Among these, shining with brilliant viridescence as signs of approaching Christmas, the beautiful tribe of MOSSES appear, called in botanical language Musci frondosi.
1841. Blackw. Mag., L. 697. An artist of this school … is signalized by the flatness and viridescence of his canvass in a moment.
1912. Nation, 25 May, 282/2. More like potatoes than the tender viridescence that we like best.
