alkalescent
adjEtymology From alkali + -escent.
1
Slightly alkaline; having the properties of an alkali.
- Eſculent muſhrooms are very nutritive, very readily alcaleſcent, and more ſo without intermediate aceſcency than any other vegetable; […]1775, William Cullen, “Mushrooms”, in Lectures on the Materia Medica, as Delivered by William Cullen, M.D. […], Philadelphia, Pa.: […] Robert Bell, […], →OCLC, page 68: