{ Er`u*bes"cence (?; 135), Er`u*bes"cen*cy (?), } n. [L. erubescentia: cf. F. érubescence.] The act of becoming red; redness of the skin or surface of anything; a blushing.
Er`u*bes"cent (?), a. [L. erubescens, p. pr. erubescere to grow red; e out + rubescere. See Rubescent.] Red, or reddish; blushing. Johnson.
Er`u*bes"cite (?), n. (Min.) See Bornite.
||E*ru"ca (?), n.; pl. Erucæ (#). [L., a caterpillar, also, a sort of colewort.] (Zoöl.) An insect in the larval state; a caterpillar; a larva.
E*ru"cic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, a genus of cruciferous Mediterranean herbs (Eruca or Brassica); as, erucic acid, a fatty acid resembling oleic acid, and found in colza oil, mustard oil, etc.
E*ru"ci*from (?), a. [Eruca + -form.] (Zoöl.) Having the form of a caterpillar; -- said of insect larvæ.
{ E*ruct" (?), E*ruc"tate (?) }, v. t. [L. eructare; e out + ructare to belch: cf. F. éructer.] To eject, as wind, from the stomach; to belch. [R.] Howell.
Er`uc*ta"tion (?), n. [L. eructatio: cf. F. éructation.] 1. The act of belching wind from the stomach; a belch.
2. A violent belching out or emitting, as of gaseous or other matter from the crater of a volcano, geyser, etc.