Putrescible vs Imputrescible - What's the difference?
As adjectives the difference between putrescible and imputrescible is that putrescible is decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable while imputrescible is not putrescible.
putrescible
English
Adjective
(en adjective )
Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable.
* 1911 , ,
- The burying of wood in water, which dissolves out or alters its putrescible constituents, has long been practised as a means of seasoning.
* 1995 , National Research Council (U.S.), Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Disposing of Chemicals , page 158 ,
- For waste that is putrescible or may be infectious, on-site incineration is ideal.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 24, author=James Barron, title=Museum Plans to Move to Its Symbolic Home, ‘Littler Italy’, work=New York Times citation
, passage=Some of the storefronts that sell dried clams and sea urchins and putrescible vegetables give it a kind of squalid character.” }}
|
imputrescible
English
|