What's the difference between rubescent and rufescent?

Rubescent


Definition:

  • (a.) Growing or becoming red; tending to redness.

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Rufescent


Definition:

  • (a.) Reddish; tinged with red.

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  • (1) Bittern single-copy DNA has evolved at a rate approximately 25% faster, and boat-billed heron (Cochearius) and rufescent tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) DNA has evolved approximately 19% slower, than that of day and night herons.

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