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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
putrescent /pjuːˈtrɛs(ə)nt/

▶adjective decaying; rotting.

– derivatives
putrescence noun.

– origin C18: from L. putrescent-, inceptive of putrere (see putrid).

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