putrescible
adjUK /pjuːˈtɹɛsɪb(ə)l/
Etymology From Latin putrescere (“to rot”) + -ible.
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Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable.
- The burying of wood in water, which dissolves out or alters its putrescible constituents, has long been practised as a means of seasoning.1911, “Dry Rot”, in Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition:
- For waste that is putrescible or may be infectious, on-site incineration is ideal.1995, “Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Disposing of Chemicals”, in U.S, National Research Council, page 158:
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- Some of the storefronts that sell dried clams and sea urchins and putrescible vegetables give it a kind of squalid character.”2007 April 24, James Barron, “Museum Plans to Move to Its Symbolic Home, ‘Littler Italy’”, in New York Times:
- Derived terms
- imputrescible, nonputrescible