deliquescent
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deliquescent adjective
- Seeming to melt away.
- Absorbing moisture from the air and forming a solution.“deliquescent salts”
- Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.
- (of the fruiting body of a fungus) Becoming liquid as a phase of its life cycle.
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disappearingmeltinghydrophilicliquescentmeltycontabescentdetumescentsemidecayingadepescentefflorescentmoltenevaniddiaphanousrancescentevanescentsublimishredolentlambent
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