Usually means: Turning red; becoming reddish.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word rubescent:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. rubescent: Merriam-Webster
  2. rubescent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rubescent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. rubescent: Collins English Dictionary
  5. rubescent: Wordnik
  6. rubescent: Wiktionary
  7. rubescent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. rubescent: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Rubescent, rubescent: Dictionary.com
  10. Rubescent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. rubescent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Rubescent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. rubescent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. rubescent: FreeDictionary.org
  15. rubescent: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  16. rubescent: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. rubescent: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  turning red; reddening

Similar:
erubescent, rufescent, rubicose, rubicund, reddened, vulpinous, reddish, florid, rosaceous, blushing, more...

Opposite:
non-blushing, non-reddening, non-flushing

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Similar:
erubescent, rufescent, rubicose, rubicund, reddened, vulpinous, reddish, florid, rosaceous, blushing, more...

Opposite:
non-blushing, non-reddening, non-flushing



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