virescent

• In this case the petals were virescent, and the stamens and pistils were entirely absent, hence in truth, the so-called flower more nearly resembled a branch. —  Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
• Some partially virescent honeysuckle flowers have a similar structure. —  Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
• Even the runners, sinuously encroaching upon the sidewalk, were deeply virescent. —  Greener Than You Think
• Green, the virescent emblem of Islam and seyyeds, those that can claim lineal descent from the Holy Prophet. —  The Washington Note
• Between them stood a table covered with green baize, which, reflecting upwards a band of sunlight shining across the chamber, flung upon his already white features the virescent hues of death. —  The Hand of Ethelberta

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms