calvesco — Lewis & Short
calvesco, ĕre,
I v. inch. n. [calveo], to become bald (post-Aug.), Col. 6, 14, 7; Veg. 3, 4, 27; Plin. 10, 29, 41, § 78.—
II Transf. to plants, to grow up thin or far apart, Col. 4, 33, 3.
The corpus record — Latin
calvesco
calvesco
to become bald
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Where it lives
- Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- calvescere Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 10.29.p1
Where it came from
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