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PALIMPSEST:
■ noun

a parchment or other surface in which later writing has been superimposed on effaced earlier writing.

something bearing visible traces of an earlier form.
palimpsestic adjective
Eg. It is a palimpsest of agricultural history created as a by-product of farming.
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NASCENT:
■ adjective

just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.
Chemistry (chiefly of hydrogen) freshly generated in a reactive form.
nascency 'nas(ə)nsi,
'neɪ- noun
Eg. The private media, on the other hand, is still nascent.