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viridescent (adjective), more viridescent, most viridescent
1. Descriptive of something that is greenish or slightly green.

Sometimes people show viridescent colors in their faces when they get seasick or airsick.

2. Etymology: from Late Latin viridescere, "to grow green"; from Latin viridis, "green".
Someone who shows his sea sickness by having a green complexion.
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viridescent, more viridescent, most viridescent
Referring to something or someone who turns green or greenish in color because of illness; such as, sea sickness. (1)
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