fluorescens

From English fluorescence, a contraction of fluorite and luminescence.

• IPA^(key): /fluərəsɛns/, [fluɐəˈsɛnˀs] or IPA^(key): /fluərɛsɛns/, [fluɐɛˈsɛnˀs]

fluorescens c (singular definite fluorescensen, not used in plural form)

1. fluorescence

• fluorescere

Present active participle of fluōrēscō, frequentative of fluō (“flow”).

fluōrēscēns (genitive fluōrēscentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. (New Latin) fluorescing

• Used as an epithet in species names such as Pseudomonas fluorescens

• English: fluorescent