Associations to the word «Deliquescent»

Wiktionary

DELIQUESCENT, adjective. (chemistry) Absorbing moisture from the air and forming a solution.
DELIQUESCENT, adjective. (botany) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.

Dictionary definition

DELIQUESCENT, adjective. (especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats