deliquescent

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Gills deliquescent--inky fluid Coprinus Gills not deliquescent--ring present Annellaria Gills not decurrent--ring wanting 27 27.

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  1. Liquefying in the air; capable of becoming liquid by attracting moisture from the atmosphere: as, deliquescent salts. Regenerated tartar is so deliquescent that it is not easy to keep it dry. Black, Lectures on Chemistry.
  2. Hence Apt to dissolve or melt away; wasting away by or as if by melting. Striding over the styles to church, … dusty and deliquescent. Sydney Smith, To Archdeacon Singleton, iii.
  3. In vegetable histology, liquefying or melting away gradually, as part of the normal process of growth.
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  • The AN is very deliquescent (moisture-absorbent) at this point so an airtight container is absolutely essential. —  18-ImprovisedExplosives
  • After the interval the levels levelled out a bit, but too much damage is inflicted on the limpid, deliquescent music and on
  • When a given sodium compound is deliquescent, or is so soluble that it is difficult to purify, the corresponding potassium compound is prepared in its stead, provided its properties are more desirable in these respects SODIUM Occurrence in nature.~ Large deposits of sodium chloride have been found in various parts of the world, and the water of the ocean and of many lakes and springs contains notable quantities of it. —  An Elementary Study of Chemistry
  • +Gills+ adnate, very crowded, linear, somewhat liquid when mature (deliquescent), sulphur yellow, and then becoming green, taste bitter. —  Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners
  • Gills deliquescent--inky fluid Coprinus Gills not deliquescent--ring present Annellaria Gills not decurrent--ring wanting 27 27. —  Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners
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  1. = French déliquescent = Spanish delicuescente = Portuguese deliquescente = Italian deliquescente, from Latin deliquescen(t-)s, present participle of deliquescere, melt away: see deliquesce.
 

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