a. Also cæ-. [as if ad. L. *cærulēscent-em pr. pple., becoming blue, f. cæruleus.] Tending to cerulean.
1880. Syd. Soc. Lex., Cærulescent, sky blue.
1881. Jrnl. Bot., X. 113. The gelatina-hymenea is cærulescent, then slightly tawny with iodine.
