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deliquescent

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deliquescent adjective

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

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