A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

lutescens,-entis (part.B): becoming yellow, yellowish; becoming luteous [> L. lutesco,-ere, “to turn to mud” (Glare); see luteus,-a,-um (adj.A);

- [moss] Operculum e basi conica longe rostratum, lutescens (DozyMoek), operculum from its base conic, long-rostrate, yellowish.

- [moss] planta luteo-viridis, sericeo-nitens, sicca lutescens (DozyMoek), plant golden-yellow to green, silen-shiny, when dried, yellowish.

- [moss] plantae virides vel lutescentes, dense et late caespitosae, caespitibus planis lapides et arborum cortices investientibus (DozyMoek), plants green or yellowish, densely and broadly caespitose, with the clumps flat, clothing stones and the bark of trees.

- [moss] plantae virides vel lutescentes, dense et late caespitosae, caespitibus planis lapides et arborum cortices investientibus (DozyMoek), plants green or yellowish, densely and broadly caespitose, with the clumps flat, clothing stones and the bark of trees.

- [moss] folia albido- viridia vel lutescentia (C. Muell.), the leaves whitish-green or yellowish.

- [moss] folia perigonialia, e basi lata concava intense lutescente, (C. Muell.), perigonial leaves, from the base wide, concave, intensely lutescent.