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russeting

russeting

1 7.8
A rough brown patch on the skin of apples and pears or the process that makes it
  • noun
  • Specialized
: russeting
  • The pear featured russeting, indicating its maturity and readiness to eat.

Examples

  • Some apple varieties develop russeting, which makes their skin rough and brownish.

  • They are known for their excellent texture, long attractive shape, and the distinctive netting, or russeting, of their light-brown skin.

    Academic text (2003)

  • The apples had a characteristic russeting that gave them a unique appearance.

Surface Forms

russeting singular
russetings plural

Morphology

russeting = russet (transparent) = russet + ing

The noun denotes the process or result of becoming or being 'russet' (brownish), which is directly derived from the base adjective plus '-ing'.

Etymology

Russeting comes from russet, a word for a rough, reddish-brown cloth and color that comes from an old word meaning 'red' — think of rust, which is the same reddish-brown shade. So, Russeting is the process or patch that makes a fruit's skin rough and brownish.