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Definition of canescent in English English dictionary
- covered with short white or gray hairs; hoary
- turning white or gray
- {a} growing white or old, white, hoary
- {s} full with short whitish or grayish hairs, hoary (Biology); grayish white
- Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white
- covered with fine whitish hairs or down grayish white; "the canescent moon
canescent
Hyphenation
ca·nes·centPronunciation
Etymology
[ k&-'ne-s&nt ] (adjective.) circa 1828. From Latin canescens, present participle of canescere (“to become gray or white”)Resimler
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