English

Adjective

putrescible ‎(comparative more putrescible, superlative most putrescible)

1. Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable.
   • 1911, Dry Rot, article in Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition,

     The burying of wood in water, which dissolves out or alters its putrescible constituents, has long been practised as a means of seasoning.

   • 1995, National Research Council (U.S.), Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Disposing of Chemicals, page 158,

     For waste that is putrescible or may be infectious, on-site incineration is ideal.

   • 2007 April 24, James Barron, “Museum Plans to Move to Its Symbolic Home, ‘Littler Italy’”, in New York Times:

     Some of the storefronts that sell dried clams and sea urchins and putrescible vegetables give it a kind of squalid character.”

Translations

Catalan

Adjective

putrescible m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural putrescibles)

1. putrescible