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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

deliquescens

-entis

, p. pr. of

deliquescere

: cf. F.

déliquescent

Dissolving; liquefying by contact with the air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and becoming liquid;

as,

deliquescent

salts

(Bot.)

Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.

Gray.

Adj.

Liquefying in the air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and becoming liquid; as deliquescent salts.

See also: deliquescent

déliquescent m ‎(feminine singular déliquescente, masculine plural déliquescents, feminine plural déliquescentes)