Associations to the word «Marcescent»
Wiktionary
MARCESCENT, adjective. (botany) (of an organ, such as a leaf or blossom; rarely also used figurative) Withered, but still attached.
MARCESCENT, adjective. (mycology) Able to revive when moistened.
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.