marcescent

詳細解釋：

mar.ces.cent

adj.Botany （形容詞）【植物學】
Withering but not falling off, as a blossom that persists on a twig after flowering.
凋存的：凋謝但未掉落的，比如花在開完以後仍留在樹枝上

來源：
Latin marcôscôns marcôscent- [past participle of] marcôscere [inchoative of] marcôre [to wither]
拉丁語 marcôscôns marcôscent- [] marcôscere的過去分詞 [] marcôre的起始動詞 [凋謝]