Deliquesces

del;i;quesce pronunciation: function: intransitive verb inflected form(s): del;i;quesced; del;i;quesc;ingetymology: latin deliquescere, from de- + liquescere, inchoative of liquēre to be fluid — more at liquiddate: 1756 1 : to dissolve or melt away2 : to become soft or liquid with age or maturity —used of some fungal structures (as gills)