silvesco (sylv-), ĕre
* V. inch. n. [id.], of the grape-vine, to grow or run wild, to run to wood: (vitis) ne silvescat sarmentis,Cic. Sen. 15, 52: nec pati vitem silvescere,Col. 4, 11, 2.
* Transf.: capilli silvescentium crinium velleribus involuti,Arn. 3, p. 109.