Rubescent
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adjective.
Turning red; reddening.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Growing or becoming red; tending to a red color; blushing.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Growing or becoming red; tending to redness.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
turning
red
;
reddening
Word Usage
"It writhed down her arm, and its five rubescent flower heads thrust out toward the priestess — vibrating, quivering, held in leash only by the light touch of the handmaiden at its very end."
Etymologically Related
rubescence