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."