A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

tabescens,-entis (part.B), tabidus,-a,-um (adj.A): tabescent, “wasting or shriveling” (Jackson); wasting away, becoming stunted, hence aborted (Stearn) [> L. tabesco,-bui, 3. to melt gradually, to be dissolved or consumed; to waste, pine, or dwindle away; to decay, decline, languish, not necessarily implying morbidity, as’ fading light’, ‘consumed by passion’; cf. deliquescens,-entis (part.B); see aborted, diseased;

- glumae lanceolatae acutatae nervosae, haud distincte carinatae. Glumellas inferiores gradatim majores, superiores minores, summa tabescens (F. Mueller), the glumes lanceolate, somewhat acute, full of nerves, not distinctly keeled. The lower glumellae gradually larger, the upper ones smaller, the highest aborted [i.e. wasting away].

- seminibus undique alatis, intimo saepe tabescente (F. Mueller), with the seeds winged throughout, with the innermost often aborted.

contabescent, “the abortion of an anther” (WIII) [> L. contabescere, to waste away, > tabescere, to melt gradually, to decay, thaw]: contabescens,-entis (part.B).

Armillariella (Clitocybe) tabescens (Scop. ex Fr.) Singer, an edible fungus that deliquesces with age.