Deliquescent

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In botany, becoming liquid at maturity, as certain agarics.
  • Liquefying in the air; capable of becoming liquid by attracting moisture from the atmosphere: as, deliquescent salts.
  • Hence Apt to dissolve or melt away; wasting away by or as if by melting.
  • In vegetable histology, liquefying or melting away gradually, as part of the normal process of growth.
  • In botany, branching in such a way that the stem is lost in the branches.
  • noun. A substance which becomes liquid by attracting moisture from the air.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Dissolving; liquefying by contact with the air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and becoming liquid.
  • adjective. Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. absorbing moisture from the air and forming a solution
  • adjective. Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. (especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air
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