DELIQUESCE
- (of organic matter) Become liquid, typically during decomposition
- (of a solid) Become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air
- can mean to dissolve or melt away or, in reference to some fungal structures such as mushroom gills, to become soft or liquid with age or maturity.
- to melt away; to dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture [v DELIQUESCED, DELIQUESCING, DELIQUESCES]