alkalescent
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English[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛsənt
Adjective[edit]
alkalescent (comparative more alkalescent, superlative most alkalescent)
- Slightly alkaline; having the properties of an alkali.
- 1775, William Cullen, “Mushrooms”, in Lectures on the Materia Medica, as Delivered by William Cullen, M.D. […], Philadelphia, Pa.: […] Robert Bell, […], →OCLC, page 68:
- Eſculent muſhrooms are very nutritive, very readily alcaleſcent, and more ſo without intermediate aceſcency than any other vegetable; […]
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slightly alkaline
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